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Pork Barrel Projects Rampant in Congress's Spending for 2009 Fiscal Year

By Peter Roff - Peter Roff - April 23, 2009

This is something every American taxpayer should read. more >>

Obama's Sloppy Rhetoric on Lobbyists, Earmarks Gets Him In Trouble

By Robert Schlesinger - Opinion - March 18, 2009

The man with a way with words should have known better. more >>

Obama Will Be Smart to Sign the Earmark-Laden Omnibus Spending Bill

By Robert Schlesinger - Robert Schlesinger - March 10, 2009

The president has enough fights brewing in Congress without picking more. more >>

Democrats Rap Bush on Earmarks

News Desk - January 29, 2008

House and Senate Democratic leaders came out guns blazing today when asked to review President Bush's State of the Union address, which included a vow to veto earmarks. more >>

Bush Gives Earmarks an Earful

News Desk - January 29, 2008

In his State of the Union address, President Bush blasted earmarking, the process by which special appropriations benefiting a limited cause or region are inserted into comprehensive spending bills. more >>

Database Shows Earmarks in Spending Bill

News Desk - November 15, 2007

The earmarks attached to the various versions of the Labor-HHS spending bill that President Bush vetoed earlier this week have been compiled into a single database by the nonprofit watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense. The House, Senate, and conference versions of the bill and their 2,246 earmarks worth $1.055 billion can be viewed at the group's website. more >>

QA With Sen. Tom Coburn, the Earmark Foe

By Danielle Knight - Nation & World - November 8, 2007

'The culture [of Congress] is the thing that limits it from doing what is best.' more >>