"Senate Democrats' 1,924-page omnibus spending bill contains more than 6,700 pet projects known as earmarks. They include:
_$1 million for peanut research in Athens and Tifton, Ga.
_$3 million to restore oyster beds in the Chesapeake Bay.
_$360,000 for the Buffalo, N.Y., police department to purchase surveillance cameras.
_$800,000 to develop advanced packaging for combat rations.
_$4.4 million to develop laser technology to counter roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices."
What exactly is "peanut research"?
