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John McCain sat down with a The Politico reporter for a half hour after his town-hall style meeting and spoke about a variety of issues, one being lobbyist and earmarks, something he had been a longtime critic of. He called them "birds of prey".
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A website was launched today which exposes a large number of litigation expanding provisions that have been slipped into legislation in U.S. Congressional bills.
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Barack Obama has released his earmarked federal spending requests for 2005 and 2006 having previously released his requests for 2007. In the recent release there are specific requests that are being questioned in the media today.
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"Can Bush issue an executive order to instruct all Federal agencies to ignore non-legislative earmarks tucked into committee reports and statements of managers?" If the answer is yes, then the question becomes, will he?
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Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates requested to shift $3.7 billion from Navy and Air Force payrolls and an $800 million excess in the working capital fund to Army and Marine Corps operations.
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"The Congress now sitting in Washington holds this philosophy," Bush told an audience of business and community leaders. "The majority was elected on a pledge of fiscal responsibility, but so far it's acting like a teenager with a new credit card.
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Rick Santorum came under attack from his rivals over his voting record, including earmark spending, during the latest Republican debate to secure the party's nomination to challenge Barack Obama in November for the US presidency.
Some £60m of public funds are earmarked to help improve regional museums and galleries across England.
A row erupts over green space earmarked for a new Bristol City football stadium with protesters contradicting a council's claim a legal case has been dropped.
$1.1 trillion federal spending bill details lawmakers' earmarks.
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 Two government audits show Ottawa is earmarking about a billion dollars a year to build and repair First Nations infrastructure, but its myriad of officials are not keeping proper tabs on how the money is spent.
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A few weeks ago, a Facebook post circulated for a short amount of time that listed out the accomplishments of the Obama...
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Fascinating and depressing article in the February 24, 2012 issue of The Week magazine called "When Cold Kills - The...
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The political class has driven the financial viability of the nation's economy, democracy, and future to the edge of...
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Given the constant, widespread and rampant personal enrichment antics of the American political class, one could easily...
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One of the primary characteristics of the American political class over the years seems to be the endless ways that our...
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