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The Sewall-Belmont House is a small museum in Washington, D.C., that celebrates the history of women’s struggles for political equality. But for many of the capital’s politicos, the house is primarily a venue for hob-knobbing with supporters willing to pay $1,000 a plate. No wonder, then, that legislators have been happy to give the museum $3.4 million in earmarked taxpayer funds over the past decade. The latest episode of reason.tv dubs the museum the “Pork Party House,”— a perfect symbol of how little things have changed in Washington, D.C.:

Posted on 03/09/10 01:59 PM by Alex Adrianson | Blog Archive

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