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blogs.abcnews.com - 3/11/2009
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Then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., one year ago this
week, swooped in from the campaign trail to --...
along with then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. -- vote for an amendment to impose a one-year moratorium on earmarks...
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Obama & Earmarks: One Year Ago This Week
washingtonpost.com - 3/14/2009
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Topic A - Are Earmarks Defensible?
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Rep. Bachmann Claims To Have Taken No-Pork Pledge, But Actually Requested $3 Million In Earmarks In 2008
Think Progress —
... In fact, according to Legistorm, Bachmann has requested 7 earmarks in Fiscal Year 2008 costing tax payers a total of $3,767,600. Some examples: ...
Another Bachmann “Memory Lapse” on Pork?
The Moderate Voice —
... According to the earmark database at Legistorm, in 2008, Bachmann requested $94,000 for the Sheriffs Youth Programs and $335,000 for the Northland Medical Center to purchase equipment. Also in 2008, along with Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Bachmann requested $803,600 for replacement buses for St. Cloud Metro Bus, $490,000 for Highway 241 improvements and $1,265,000 Stillwater for general construction funds. She, along with Democratic Reps. Tim Walz and Keith Ellison, requested $302,000 for facilities and equipment at the Children’s Hospital and ...
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Forget that no-earmarks pledge
betsyspage.blogspot.com 2/6/2009 — Remember how Obama and Biden vowed that there would absolutely no earmarks in the so-called stimulus bill. Well, of course, any bill that has that much money at stake is going to include earmarks and ProPublica, part of the Sunlight Foundation, is listing the earmarks that they're finding in ...
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