Yet, other appropriations continue.
But Winslow T. Wheeler, a former Senate appropriations and national security aide who worked for both Democrats and Republicans over three decades before stepping down in 2002, said agencies were loath to ignore requests from legislators, especially appropriators like Mr. Kirk.
"If you do this for one disease," says a former House appropriations staffer, "clearly there's going to be very significant interest from all the other disease groups, very fast.
2482, authorized appropriations for former subchapter VIII of this chapter.
Mr. Lewis, 77, is a former chairman of the appropriations committee who was known for steering dollars and defense projects to his state and district.
Mr. Bryant, a former chair of the appropriations committee, who apparently knows no shame, asked the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission for permission to pay his legal bills from his campaign coffers.
Ted Stevens, the senior senator for Alaska and the former chairman of the appropriations committee, implied that he had never been so insulted in his 37 years in Congress (which is a pity).
It is a collaborative effort between the USDA and the island's government, where the former provides annual federal appropriations for the Puerto Rican government to distribute individually among eligible participants.
Eight companies on Mr. Murtha's earmark list use a different lobbyist, the PMA Group, whose principals include Paul Magliochetti, a former aide to the defense appropriations subcommittee.
Only one granite bidder came within the appropriation, Edward P. Doherty, a former cavalry officer who had commanded the expedition that captured John Wilkes Booth.
