Citizens Against Government Waste has just published a comprehensive list of the 447 earmarks worth $7.6 billion in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, H.R. 1585. The bill is one of the first to fall under a new House rule that requires public disclosure of an earmark’s sponsor, recipient, amount, and justification.

Here’s a few of the local lowlights:

Now these earmarks are expected since these members have military contractors in their districts. This next list of earmarks has us raising our eyebrows a little:

First, what does this program have to do with national defense. And why are these representatives requesting an earmark for a St. Louis program? The Democrats are cleaning House, huh?

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