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Grand Forks Herald
March 19, 2010
Along those lines, what is your position regarding spending that affects
North Dakota, notably support payments to farmers and
earmarks for projects such as ...
The Hill
March 19, 2010
By January, Boehner said, the House GOP conference will develop a more open and transparent way of dealing with
earmarks. The
earmark move, which was ...
Phoenix New Times (blog)
March 19, 2010
By Ray Stern By James King By Ray Stern By James King By James King By James King By James King By Rick Barrs By James King,
Thursday, Mar. ...
Washington Post
March 19, 2010
"DC's misdirected
money," Colbert I. King's March 13 op-ed criticizing DC Council
earmarks for
cultural institutions such as the Washington Ballet, ...
Rockwall County Herald Banner
March 19, 2010
Ralph Hall (R-Rockwall) said he applauded the decision by the entire House Republican Conference to support an immediate moratorium on earmarks. ...
We Love DC
March 18, 2010
... and argues that while the grants weren't made through the
earmark process, the fact that they weren't competitively bid makes them
earmarks in spirit, ...
The Hill
March 18, 2010
Just last week, after enduring several bruising weeks in the press over ethics matters, Democrats imposed a moratorium on earmarks to for-profit companies. ...
Deseret News
March 18, 2010
Bob Bennett's GOP opponents criticize his use of earmarks, one is attacking Bennett for skipping a Senate vote this week on whether to ban all earmarks for ...
CBS News
March 18, 2010
Congress has awarded no-bid contracts, also known as
earmarks, for everything from an indoor rainforest in
Iowa ...to the "
Charles Rangel Center " proposed ...
Washington Post
March 18, 2010
In an interview
Thursday on KRNV-TV's "
Nevada Newsmakers," the Democratic Senate Majority Leader also defended so-called "
earmarks" in the congressional ...
GovExec.com
March 18, 2010
"I don't do
earmarks," Johanns said, adding, "I came out here and decided not to get in the
earmark business, and I am very happy I didn't. ...
The Union Leader
March 18, 2010
THE
earmarks ISSUE. Trying to show he's a fiscal moderate, Democratic
US Senate candidate and Rep. Paul Hodes continues working to make
earmarks a trademark ...
CounterPunch
March 18, 2010
The Democrats added a few "non-
earmark earmarks" to the earmark-banned legislation in question, but more importantly, the electronic age blossomed for ...
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
March 18, 2010
On
Tuesday, the Senate voted 68-29 to preserve the current system of approving pet projects, known as "
earmarks." Sen. Tim Johnson, DS. ...
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
March 18, 2010
Dan Inouye should stop helping
Hawaii with
earmarks ("Inouye should heed wind shift on
earmarks," Star-Bulletin, March 15). More than other states, ...
MSU State News
March 18, 2010
CATA used
earmark funding to purchase new hybrid buses and renovate bus storage facilities, said Sandy Draggoo, CATA's
CEO and executive director. ...
Ithaca Journal
March 18, 2010
Gillibrand is focusing on earmark requests to benefit local governments, universities and nonprofits around the state. Separately, House Republicans pledged ...
The Hill
March 17, 2010
established, suggested that
earmarks be placed in bill text to close loopholes in existing
earmark restrictions. The task force also recommended lawmakers ...
The Moderate Voice
March 17, 2010
In 2006, Issa was one of the first House member to publicly post all his
earmarks on his Web site. In 2008, he said he would restrict his
earmark requests ...
msnbc.com
March 17, 2010
"I've been in Washington long enough to see what's broken, but not long enough to be contaminated," he said after describing his opposition to earmarks and ...
Augusta Daily Gazette
March 17, 2010
No one hates
earmarks more than Dr.
Tom Coburn. He uses every possible avenue to attack wasteful spending accomplished through
earmarks - which ...
Huffington Post (blog)
March 17, 2010
If earmark spending divides Republicans, just wait 'til elections in November. Watch the Republicans scramble when they are challenged by tea party ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram
March 17, 2010
First, I want to address the comment that the House Republican Conference decision on earmarks is either an end to federal funding or a political ...
Majority In Mississippi
March 17, 2010
Thad Cochran joined 14 other Republicans and most Democrats in opposing a bill that would have placed a one-year moratorium on
earmarks. Sen. ...
The Hill (blog)
March 17, 2010
However, it is not enough to simply stop seeking
earmarks for local priorities only to see those
tax dollars spent elsewhere, and that's why days after ...
Ithaca Journal
March 17, 2010
Schumer's plan to continue making earmark requests is significant because he has teamed up with at least one House member from New York on most successful ...
Huffington Post (blog)
March 17, 2010
Jeff Flake (R-AZ) in opposing earmarks, runs her requests through a citizens committee, in which members of the community develop principles to guide ...
Kansas City Star
March 17, 2010
Claire McCaskill voted for the temporary
earmark halt. McCaskill also supported an amendment that would cancel funding for transportation
earmarks that are ...
GovExec.com
March 17, 2010
The
earmark debate follows on the heels of an agreement by House Republicans to impose a one-year moratorium on all
earmarks. ...
The Hill (blog)
March 17, 2010
provided a tutorial on
earmarks on the Senate floor
Tuesday for anyone within earshot. Inouye and Cochran argued against an amendment offered by Sen. ...
Deseret News
March 17, 2010
Bob Bennett, R-
Utah, said separately that he plans to push for
earmarks, if necessary, in the budget process to save the program. ...
The Chattanoogan
March 17, 2010
That's why two years ago I voted for a one-year moratorium on earmarks. Since then, Congress has made reforms. I'm ready to make more if they are needed. ...
Livingston Daily
March 17, 2010
He and the other 177 House Republicans decided last week to reject
earmarks this year. Also last year, Rogers backed a $250000
earmark to renovate Cleary ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 17, 2010
Claire McCaskill is pressing
the Pentagon to release records on billions of dollars in defense projects awarded through congressional
earmarks, ...
New York Times
March 17, 2010
For the fundamentalist rabbis who run
Israel's working-class, ultra-Orthodox
Sephardic Shas Party, the new houses represent
earmarks. ...
Tulsa World
March 17, 2010
Jim Inhofe is right: A House Republican
earmark moratorium is dumb and ineffective in dealing with the nation's deficit. Swimming upstream against his own ...
Winston-Salem Journal
March 17, 2010
In the House, Republicans imposed an earmark ban on party members last week to demonstrate they are the party of reform. Democrats controlling the House ...
ABC Online
March 15, 2010
York Daily Record
March 14, 2010
Calling
earmark reform "a crucial step in fundamentally improving the way Congress spends taxpayer funds," Platts pledged not to request any
earmarks in ...
Washington Post
March 14, 2010
Standing behind that nonprofit work, however, is a for-profit
Chicago firm that often partners with universities to reap part of their
earmark benefits. ...
