Jack Kingston

This marks the launch of The Next Right's newest feature: Earmark Alert. We'll be collecting clips of the most outrageous earmark news from across the country -- the stuff you likely haven't heard about on the blogs -- and presenting it in a digestible format. We hope to use this information to inform the grassroots and build pressure on the GOP to stand up for real earmark reform. I hope to do this several times per week, if not daily at times. Success will be when this feature becomes obsolete.

Let's get started. Our first story's a doozy: the #3 Democrat in the House caught red handed earmarking to $6.2 million to his nephew, and groups that employ his daughter and sister-in-law:

MYRTLE BEACH — South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn has earmarked millions of taxpayer dollars this decade for projects that could directly benefit his friends and family members, a newspaper reported Sunday.

The Sun News of Myrtle Beach found that Clyburn has set aside at least $6.2 million for such projects.

That includes money for two projects his nephew was to help design, a community center that runs a program employing his sister-in-law and a Columbia wellness center that employs his daughter.

At least he didn't try to get a loan from Countrywide Financial.

There's more. Read on.