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Candidates Run the Gamut on Earmarks

Posted Feb 15, 08 2:08 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – This year’s presidential frontrunners represent a wide array of stances on congressional earmarking—a term for garnering funds for home-state pork, reports the Washington Post. Hillary Clinton is one of the Senate’s biggest earmark recipients, Barack Obama is in the bottom quarter, and John McCain is one of a handful to reject them entirely.

Clinton’s $342 million in earmarks make her the biggest recipient not on the Senate Appropriations Committee, but, says a rep, she is “very proud to have helped New York-based projects.” McCain believes earmarks lead to unnecessary spending and has used the topic as fodder against Clinton.

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The 2008 presidential candidates "illustrate the broad spectrum of attitudes toward earmarks in Congress," said an analyst.   (Shutterstock.com)
Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,listens to a reporter's question after an airport rally in South Burlington, Vt. Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. McCain opposes earmarks entirely. (AP...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., arrives at a campaign rally Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, in Milwaukee, Wis. Obama has received among the least in the Senate through earmarks. (AP...   (Associated Press)
Democratic Presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., laughs at a remark by moderator Chris Matthews, not shown, while addressing a forum sponsored by the American Federation of State,...   (Associated Press)
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