Map congressional spending with Google Earth


	Map congressional spending with Google Earth

n2sooners

11-7-2007 1:43 PM

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congress, politics, washington, budget, spending, pork, google earth

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11-8-2007 4:06 AM

merrie

Alright !

11-8-2007 9:02 PM

BitDrifter

Way cool, good find.

11-10-2007 11:11 PM

neochonetes

Thank you! This is an excellent Google Earth database!

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