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Candidates Run the Gamut on Earmarks

Clinton in top 10; Obama near bottom; McCain has none

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(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)
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 Photo/Darren Hauck)
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)
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 Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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. 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, County and Municipal Employees, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington. Clinton leads the top...
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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