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  1. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “SR 63 (US 27) Lake Jackson Ecopassage”, Award NumberARRA005, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=16442&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 25, 2010

  2. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “94. Montana’s state-run liquor warehouse will receive $2.2 million in stimulus cash to install skylights.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  3. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “26. Rather than help welfare recipients obtain jobs and escape poverty, $1 million will be used to study whether 300 people in Chicago are healthier when living in “green” public housing facilities.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  4. “9 on your side want to know: $400,000 to build bridges – for squirrels?”, June 30, 2010, Corburn.senate.gov, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ContentRecord_id=0e9b83e3-2847-4b8c-941a-224cb8541cdb&ContentType_id=abb8889a-5962-4adb-abe8-617da340ab8e&Group_id=2b5f5ef9-5929-4863-9c07-277074394357&MonthDisplay=6&YearDisplay=2010, Accessed September 25, 2010

  5. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “Collaborative Research: RoboBees: A Convergence of Body, Brain and Colony”, Award Number 0926148, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=6129&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 25, 2010

  6. Research.gov, Project Title: “Utah Arts Council”, Award Number 09-6188-2102, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=55031&AwardType=Grants

  7. Republicanwhip.house.gov, “Prohibit ‘First Class’ Subsidies on Amtrak, http://republicanwhip.house.gov/YouCut/week8.htm, Accessed September 25, 2010

  8. Stimuluswatch.org, “Apartment Investment and Management Company” http://stimuluswatch.org/2.0/awards/view/61242/foxchase-of-alexandria, Accessed September 25, 2010

  9. Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “41. Improving Privacy on Social Networking Websites (Durham, NC) - $498,176” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  10. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “Bocx Canyon Subdivision Project”, Award Number 08ST0402240, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIdSur=4694&AwardType=Grants

  11. Republicanwhip.house.gov, “Stimulus Money Says Go to West Virginia Young Man & Grow Ginseng!” http://republicanwhip.house.gov/WashingtonWatch, Accessed September 25, 2010

  12. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “37. Pawtucket, Rhode Island spending $550,000 on a skateboard park.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  13. Recovery.gov, “Rodent Barrier Facility Equipment”; Award #: 1G20RR025828-01, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=14502&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 25, 2010

  14. Recovery.gov, “Art walk along University and Goodman”; Award #: 4754183, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=50093&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 25, 2010

  15. Jonathan Karl and Gregory Simmons, “Signs of the Stimulus”, J ABC News, July 14, 2010, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/signs-stimulus/story?id=11163180, Accessed September 25, 2010

  16. Stimuluswatch.org, “Deployment Essentials, LLC”, http://stimuluswatch.org/2.0/awards/view/23763/southwest-expert-dtv-installs, Accessed September 25, 2010

  17. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “16. Restoration of One of Nation’s Least Visited Parks, Located on Remote Island (Key West, FL) - $13.3 million” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  18. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “Launching Velella: Testing the Commercial Potential of Mobile Open Ocean Fish Farms in Ocean Gyres”; Award #: IIP-0912277, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=52303&AwardType=Contracts, Accessed September 25, 2010

  19. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “9. Ten Thousand Dead People Get Stimulus Checks, Social Security Administration Blames a Tough Deadline”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  20. Recovery.gov, Project Title “Location-Based Monitoring and Intervention for Alcohol Use Disorders”; Award #: 1RC2AA019422-01, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=55258&AwardType=Grants; Accessed September 25, 2010

  21. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “43. Microchips Track Citizen Use of Recycling Bins (Dayton, OH) - $500,000”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  22. Recovery.gov, Project Title “Dance Draw: Embodiment as Input for Collaborative, Creative Expression”, Award Number 0855882, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=54596&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 26, 2010.

  23. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “47. Snowmaking and Chairlifts at Mt. Snow (West Dover, VT) - $25 million” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  24. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “58. 14 Flat Screen Televisions for the State Department (NY, VT, GA, TX, CA) - $36,924” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  25. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “71. Bus Station Art (Los Angeles, CA) - $1 million” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  26. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “74. There’s an App for That: Stimulus Funds for iPods (Salt Lake City, UT) - $1 million” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  27. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “99. What’s With the Lights? (Euless, TX) – $454,200” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  28. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “23. Helping Siberians Lobby Russian Policymakers (San Francisco, CA) - $199,862” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  29. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “89. Coordinating Traffic Lights (Sebring, FL) - $1.1 million” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  30. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “86. Preserve and Rehabilitate FDR’s Home (Hyde Park, NY) - $4.6 million” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  31. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “36. Scientist Attempts to Create Joke Machine (Evanston, IL) - $712,883” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  32. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “98. Artists Get New Digs (Wilton, CT and Philadelphia, PA) - $184,650” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  33. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “85. Let’s Polka at the International Accordion Festival! (San Antonio, TX) - $25,000” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  34. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “76. Field Trip to Study Dinosaur Eggs…in China (Bozeman, MT) - $141,002” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  35. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “7. Non-Existent Oklahoma Lake in Line for Over $1 Million To Construct a New Guardrail”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  36. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “17. The governor of Michigan is using $500,000 to renovate the Ypsilanti Freight house, which may house a “yoga or children's movement class” and a full-time tourist information center.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  37. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “29. Michigan will spend $983, 952 for streetscaping in Ann Arbor.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  38. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “39. Gloversville, New York is using $175,000 of stimulus money to pay for a trolley bus to take tourists to festivals and a farmers market.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  39. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “46. Stimulus funds pay for a hybrid car to be used by Vermont student drivers.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  40. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “77. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will spend $1.7 million to grow oysters.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  41. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “93. Washington State will spend over $18 million in stimulus cash to grow and hatch fish.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  42. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “11. Upgraded Office Space and Indoor Parking for Kansas Politicians (Topeka, Kansas) - $39.7 million plus . . .” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  43. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “35. ”Aqua City” Water Park Makes a Splash (Dunkirk, NY) - $153,520”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  44. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “21. Quit Smoking, Get a New Phone (Washington, D.C.) - $497,893”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  45. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “27. Army Corps of Engineers Gets Its Due With Museum Exhibits (St. Louis, MO) - $430,695”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  46. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “57. High School Baseball Field Canopy, Concession Stand Repaired (Choctaw, MS) - $189,000”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  47. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “67. If Government Builds it, They Will Come . . . We Hope (Lakewood, IL) - $18 million”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  48. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “77. Ice Skating Rinks Just Getting Warmed Up (Woodbury & Eagan, MN) - $1.8 million”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  49. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “79. High-End Boutique Hotel Built Where None is Needed (Buffalo, NY) - $6 million”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  50. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “80. Wildlife Refuge Gets Fancy New Visitors Center (Bismarck, ND) - $6.1 million”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

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  56. "11 Bizarre Things the U.S. Government Actually Spent Money On," www.rd.com/list/wasteful-government-spending-example, Accessed March 18, 2021

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  60. "'Poems In Zoos' Makes Wasteful Government Spending List," cnsnews.com/news/article/poems-zoos-makes-wasteful-government-spending-list, Accessed March 18, 2021

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  1. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “ARRA: Malt Liquor and Marijuana; Factors in Their Concurrent versus Separate Use”; Award #: 1R01AA01658001A2, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=13461&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 25, 2010

  2. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “Explaining the African Vote”; Award #: 0851473, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=2798&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 25, 2010

  3. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “38. Yale and the University of Connecticut are receiving $850,000 in stimulus for research “to study how paying attention improves performance of difficult tasks.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  4. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “RUI:Genetic Control of Sensory Hair Cell Membrane Channels in Zebra fish”; Award # 0854551, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=46045&AwardType=Contracts, Accessed September 25, 2010

  5. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “27. The National Institute of Health gives Indiana University professor $356,000 to study how kids perceive foreign accents.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  6. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “Barriers to Correct Condom Use”, Award # 1R21HD060447-01, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=13966&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 25, 2010

  7. coburn.senate.gov, “Stimulus may be training your next hairstylist”, August 31, 2009, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ContentRecord_id=721bf32c-802a-23ad-4b64-4f129c14a88e&ContentType_id=abb8889a-5962-4adb-abe8-617da340ab8e&Group_id=2b5f5ef9-5929-4863-9c07-277074394357&MonthDisplay=8&YearDisplay=2009, Accessed September 25, 2010

  8. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “LTREB: Drivers and consequences of phenological change at high altitudes”, Award Number 0922080, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=13573&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 25, 2010

  9. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “Selection in Heterogeneous Environments: a Multi-Trait Perspective”, Award Number 0926855, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=13603&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 26, 2010

  10. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “Increase Demand for Services”, Award Number H8BCS12282, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=21562&AwardType=Contracts, Accessed September 25, 2010

  11. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “Oregon Fishing Industry Partnership to Restore Marine Habitat”, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=46424&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 25, 2010

  12. Recovery.gov. Project Title: “(ARRA) A complete census of the deaths of massive stars”, Award Number 0908816, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=54786&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 25, 2010

  13. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “Exploring the Radio Transient and Static Sky with the Allen Telescope Array Five GHz Sky Survey”, Award Number 0909245, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=58220&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 25, 2010

  14. corburn.senate.gov, “U.S. pays $400 M in bonuses to federal employees in 2009”, June 14, 2010, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ContentRecord_id=12b28475-1dc6-4d63-9822-8b6cf562f930&ContentType_id=abb8889a-5962-4adb-abe8-617da340ab8e&Group_id=2b5f5ef9-5929-4863-9c07-277074394357&MonthDisplay=6&YearDisplay=2010, Accessed September 25, 2010

  15. Genealogybranches.com, “The Cost of the U.S. Census”, http://www.genealogybranches.com/censuscosts.html, Accessed September 25, 2010; 2010.census.gov, “Number of Temporary 2010 Census Workers Paid by Week and Census Region”, http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/jobs/temp-workers.html, Accessed September 25, 2010

  16. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “38. Reducing Menopausal Hot Flashes Through Yoga (Winston-Salem, NC) - $294,958” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  17. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “54. Law and Order: Spanish Empire (Miami, FL) - $59,845” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  18. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “60. Planting Palm Trees (Fresno, CA) -$341,000” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  19. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “65. DTV “Experts” Plug Boxes Into a Wall (Buffalo, NY) - $350,000”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  20. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “68. Museum With 44 Annual Visitors Gets Funding for Bug Storage (Raleigh, NC) -$253,123” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  21. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “72. Studying Whether a Soda Tax Will Stimulate Health (Chicago, IL) - $521,005” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  22. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “78. Helping Drinkers Control Their Alcohol Consumption With Creative Labeling (San Diego, CA) - $497,117” , http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  23. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “100. Alcohol Studies Summer School for High School and College Students (New York, NY) -$112,437” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  24. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “95. A Better Way to Freeze Rat DNA (Columbia, MO) - $180,935”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  25. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “Federal Contract”, Award #: HHSN263200700630P - Mod # 5”, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=21694&AwardType=Contracts. Accessed September 25, 2010

  26. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “32. Public Relations Firm Wins Big Stimulus Bucks (New York, NY) - $25.8 million”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  27. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “81. “Hot Glass—Cool Art” (Tacoma, WA) - $50,000” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  28. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “87. Study: Does Retirement Help or Hurt Marriage? (Los Angeles, CA) - $174,661” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  29. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “37. Eighth Rock From the Sun (Berkeley, CA) - $456,663” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  30. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “20. Monkey and Chimpanzee Responses to Inequity (Atlanta, GA) - $677,462” , http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  31. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “28. Monkeys Get High for Science (Winston-Salem, NC) - $144,541” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  32. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “39. Research: Marketing Video Games to the Elderly (Raleigh, NC and Atlanta, GA) - $1.2 million” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  33. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “45. Understanding Perceptions of the Economic Stimulus (Dallas, TX & Houston, TX) -$193,956” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  34. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “64. Are Viewers Primed by Prime-Time Politics? (Princeton, NJ & Ann Arbor, MI) -$317,216” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  35. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “66. Learn How Life Works on a Smartphone (Cambridge, MA) - $435,271” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  36. Nsf.gov, Award Abstract #0842395: “Collaborative Research: Ants of the Southwest Indian Ocean and East Africa (ASWEA): assessing phylogenetic diversity and biogeographic linkages across the Mozambique Channel, http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0842395, Accessed September 26, 2010

  37. Recovery.gov, “Behavioral Dynamics of Bi-parental Negotiation”, Award Number 0843673, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=2754&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 25, 2010

  38. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “42. Maine to spend over $1.3 million on “government arts jobs,” including $30,000 for basket makers, $20,000 for story telling, and $12,500 for a music festival.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  39. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “48. The National Institutes of Health is giving Yale University $680,100 in stimulus funds to study the effectiveness of diet and exercise at reducing obesity.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  40. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “53. $2 million in stimulus cash will be used to monitor scallop reproduction and habitat.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  41. “100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion”, Corburn.senate.gov, June 2009, “79. Washington State University (Vancouver) is receiving $148, 438 to analyze “the use of marijuana in conjunction with medications like morphine.”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f, Accessed September 26, 2010

  42. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “18. Jamming for Dollars (Atlanta, GA) - $762,372” http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  43. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “31. Studying the Effect of Local Populations on the Environment...in the Himalayas (Ann Arbor, MI) - $529,648”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  44. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “73. Big Bang – Little Stimulus (Tucson, AZ) - $314,964”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  45. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “75. The Meteorite Hunters of Antarctica (Cleveland, OH) - $600,001”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  46. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “70. The American Museum of Ceramic Art (Pomona, CA) - $50,000”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  47. Nsf.gov, Award Abstract #0642321: “Catalog of Fishes 2.0: Improving Services and Preparing for Community Participation”, http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0642321, Accessed September 26, 2010

  48. “Summertime Blues”, Corburn.senate.gov, August 2010, “84. Stimulus Funds Going to the Dogs (Ithaca, NY)505 - $296,385”, http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb. Accessed September 26, 2010

  49. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “Variants in Nicotine Receptors and Pharmacogenetics”, Award Number 1R03DA027619-01, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=8357&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 26, 2010

  50. Recovery.gov, Project Title: “Career: Survival of the Privileged: Exploring the Conditions that Allow Super massive Black Holes and Minority Physicists to Thrive”, Award Number 0847696, http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=16583&AwardType=Grants, Accessed September 26, 2010

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