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Case in point, for the abolishment of earmarks in Congress is Congressman Henry Brown of the 1st Congressional District in South Carolina. In the 2009 session, Congressman Brown received a campaign donation from the Darkness to Light Foundation (as can be confirmed on opensecrets.org) for a sum of $5,000. He in turn inserted an earmark into legislation for this foundation for the sum of $500,000. In the 2010 session, Congressman Brown received $20,000 from the same foundation and he in turn put in an earmark request for $2,000,000 for the foundation (again can be verified through opensecre...