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Lawmakers
Seek $6.6B
in Earmarks

Biden requests
$51.5M; Ted Stevens leads way with $238M

Sep 26, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite campaign rhetoric against earmarks, a hefty $6.6 billion will be set aside for lawmakers’ pet projects in a $630 billion spending bill nearing approval, USA Today reports. The amount is down 11% from last year. Of note: Though both presidential candidates didn't request any earmarks this year, Joe... More »

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Congress • Joe Biden • John Murtha • earmarks • Ted Stevens

On Earmarks, McCain Tilting
at Windmills

Vetoing all earmarks would bring gridlock, congressmen say

Sep 17, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Members of Congress warn that earmarks won’t go away just because John McCain thinks they’re wasteful, Politico reports. On the stump, the would-be president has been threatening to veto any spending bill containing earmarks; such a move would be "an executive branch power grab" that would bring... More »

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John McCain • earmarks

Palin Earmarks Total $453M
in 2 Years

Alaska guv fails the earmarks-per-day test she applies to Obama

Sep 15, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin called them "un-American" and John McCain denied again Friday that she requested them as governor of Alaska. But the Wall Street Journal, doing the math on earmarks, finds that Palin sought $453 million of them for her state since taking office, including $197 million in the... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • earmarks • pork barrel spending • Sarah Palin

ANALYSIS

Earmarks Show Palin's Quite the Political Animal

Fish, crabs, and seals studied with millions Alaska gov. requested

Sep 11, 08 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite what he calls her “recasting as an anti-earmark champion,” Ben Smith writes in Politico that Sarah Palin has consistently sought millions in such funds for her home state of Alaska. But while "every self-respecting mayor and governor in America seeks federal dollars for local projects,"... More »

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John McCain • earmarks • Ted Stevens • federal spending • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

 Palin Projects 
 Hit Mac's Pork List 

Requests from Sarah Palin made it onto McCain's 'pork list' 3 times

Sep 3, 08 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Requests from Sarah Palin made it onto John McCain's "pork list" of objectionable spending three times while Palin was mayor of Wasilla, the Los Angeles Times reports. McCain's lists came as part of his long campaign against the earmarking system in which members of Congress can chuck cash at... More »

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Congress • John McCain • Alaska • earmarks • pork barrel spending • federal spending • Sarah Palin • Wasilla

 Palin's Town 
 Scored $27M in Pork 

McCain has praised her opposition to 'wasting taxpayers' money'

Sep 2, 08 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - As mayor, Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm that secured some $27 million in earmarked federal funds for her town of 6,700, a watchdog group has discovered. The money went toward railways, sewers, a transportation hub, and a youth shelter, reports the Washington Post. Fighting federal earmarks, which are... More »

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Alaska • earmarks • mayor • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Wasilla

(Newser) - Sarah Palin bragged yesterday about opposing a nearly $400 million pork barrel project that, it turns out, she initially supported, the AP reports. Palin did slam the so-called "bridge to nowhere" after becoming governor of Alaska 2 years ago. But on the campaign trail, she was all for the... More »

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John McCain • earmarks • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate

OPINION

 Nat'l Review:
 Stevens, Get Out

Indicted Republican senator 'disgraced himself and his office'

Jul 30, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newly indicted Ted Stevens should resign as soon as possible, write the editors of the National Review. The Alaskan senator, who is accused of seven counts of making false statements, legally “deserves the benefit of the doubt—but not from an ethical standpoint,” they note. “The facts... More »

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Congress • Alaska • Senate • earmarks • corruption • Ted Stevens • Senate Republicans • pork barrel spending • federal indictment • senator • corruption charges

Rangel's Fundraising for 'Me' Monument Questioned

Solicits cash from firms linked to his panel

Jul 15, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York Rep. Charles Rangel has raised eyebrows with fundraising efforts for a new center Republicans labeled his “Monument to Me.” After securing a $1.9 congressional earmark, Rangel is soliciting money from firms affected by his House Ways and Means Committee to build the Charles B. Rangel... More »

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Congress • New York City • earmarks • Charles Rangel • fundraiser • House Ways and Means Committee • political scandal • conflict of interest

After Decline, Congress' Earmarking is Back

Legislators pledged to shrink such spending last year

Jun 13, 08 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though Congress vowed last year to reduce earmarking—the process of directing funds to projects at home with little scrutiny—recently there’s been a jump in such spending, the Washington Post reports. A House defense bill’s earmarked funds rose 29% last month, and the Senate bill looks as... More »

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Congress • Senate • earmarks • House of Representatives • pork barrel spending

 Pork Watchdog Taps Byrd 

W.Va. rules the roost in earmarks as $2.8B in tasty meat comes under scrutiny

Apr 2, 08 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fiscal responsibility and vegetarianism took a hit today with the release of the 2008 Oinkers, awarded by a Washington watchdog group for the "most egregious and blatant examples of pork." Sen. Robert Byrd landed the top award for earmarking $386 million for West Virginia, but Alaska was the... More »

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Congress • earmarks • Ted Stevens • Charles Rangel • pork barrel spending • Citizens Against Government Waste • Robert Byrd

Senate Rejects Temporary Ban on Pork

Congress passes budget plans to roll back tax cuts

Mar 14, 08 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate soundly rejected a bid to ban pork barrel spending for a year last night, despite the support of all three presidential candidates who returned to DC for a day of heavy voting, CNN reports. Both the House and Senate also passed budget plans—largely symbolic moves in an... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Senate • earmarks • tax cuts • pork barrel spending • budgets

Candidates
Run the Gamut on Earmarks

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

Feb 15, 08 2:08 PM CST
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Senate • earmarks • funding • spending • Senate Appropriations Committee

How Democrats
Will Go After McCain

Strategists say he's vulnerable on the economy and Iraq

Feb 8, 08 7:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Democrats are sharpening their aim and targeting John McCain. The big issue, strategists tell Politico, will be McCain's admission that he's not strong on the economy. They also plan to portray him as a warmonger, delicately bring up his age, and point out the various domestic areas, from tax cuts... More »

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John McCain • Democrats • age • earmarks • tax cuts

Bush to Blast Dem Earmarks in Union Speech

Prez will promote stimulus plan, Iraq
war in tonight's talk

Jan 28, 08 6:25 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush will slam Democratic spending in favor of his own multi-billion-dollar proposals in his last State of the Union speech, scheduled for 6 p.m. EST tonight. He plans to promote his $150 billion stimulus package, and reiterate the need to fight in Iraq—recently valued at another $108... More »

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earmarks • pork barrel spending • State of the Union Address • economic stimulus package • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Pricey Pet Projects Thrive in Congress

Despite criticism, lawmakers stuff
budgets with earmarks

Dec 21, 07 10:29 AM CST
(Newser) - The earmark lives. Despite much public clamoring about lawmakers loading up budgets with expensive pet projects, not much changed this year: The domestic and defense budgets contain more than 11,000 such earmarks, the Washington Post reports. "It would take leadership in both parties—and a lot more... More »

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earmarks • Ted Stevens • congressional Democrats • US Congress • Taxpayers for Common Sense • federal spending • Citizens Against Government Waste • George W. Bush

Bush Blames Pork for Spending Veto

$606B bill isn't kosher, prez says, ordering Congress to trim

Nov 13, 07 3:17 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush vetoed a $606 billion domestic spending bill today, accusing Congress of “acting like a teenager with a new credit card.” His rejection of the measure, which included education, health, and job-training funds, will likely lead to a showdown, the Los Angeles Times reports. The House appropriations... More »

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education • Congress • Pentagon • health • earmarks • veto • appropriations • George W. Bush

Senator Has Hots for Anti-Sex Ed

Arlen Specter racks
up $8M for abstinence education in state

Oct 31, 07 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arlen Specter has won over $8 million in earmarks for abstinence education in Pennsylvania, sparking jibes from critics and accusations of political pandering. The moderate Republican senator supports abortion rights and sex education, Politico reports, leading some to cry hypocrisy when he directs money to no-sex-until-marriage projects like Coolvirginity.com. More »

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earmarks • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • abstinence education • abstinence

Romney Passed
Trial By Torch

Candidate learned
from running 2002 Games, but also
drew flip-flop rap

Sep 19, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney built his persona and political team as chief executive of the 2002 Winter Olympics, but also grew a reputation for playing to his audience. In turning around the scandal-plagued Salt Lake City Games, the GOP presidential hopeful gained poise unseen in his failed 1994 Senate run, the New ... More »

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Mitt Romney • Senate • earmarks • Salt Lake City • Olympic Games • flip flop • International Olympic Committee

A Buck on Lobbying Rakes in $28

Critics say that spending 'earmarks' only 'about politics'

Sep 11, 07 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mystery solved: companies rake in about $28 for every dollar spent lobbying Capitol Hill, BusinessWeek reports. According to the numbers, it's military contractors that get the most spending "earmarks" slipped into bills by lawmakers. But recent scandals over the system have prompted Bush and Pelosi to call for cuts... More »

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government spending • Boeing • earmarks • legislation • lobbyists

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