‘Bridges to Nowhere’ Are No More

• By Craig Holman
• Special to Roll Call
• Jan. 22, 2008, Midnight

Call them earmarks, if you must, but they ain’t the “pork” of yesteryear. Minnesota Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D) and Norm Coleman (R) added a $195 million earmark to the omnibus appropriations bill to rebuild the collapsed bridge in Minneapolis. A bridge earmark — yes, indeed. But this bridge happens to go somewhere.