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swamppolitics.com - 3/6/2009
Emanuel on earmarks: 'Last-year's biz'
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by Mark Silva President Barack Obama, demanding honesty in budgeting and forbidding "earmarks'' for individual congressmen in the bills he is seeking, is likely to sign a multibillion-dollar spending bill which critics contend is riddled with now-forbidden earmarks. Rahm Emanuel, the ...
foxnews.com - 3/2/2009
Obama Will Sign Spending Bill Despite Earmarks - Presidential Politics | Political News
— foxnews.com — WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will break a campaign pledge and sign a budget bill laden with... millions in lawmakers' pet projects, administration officials said. Administration budget chief Peter Orszag and White House chief of staff Rahm ... (more) Obama Will Sign Spending Bill Despite Earmarks - ...

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politico.com - 3/1/2009
Emanuel: Rush is the GOP's voice, brain
— politico.com — Emanuel charges Sunday that conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is the voice of the GOP.... (more) Emanuel: Rush is the GOP's voice, brain

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blog.foreignpolicy.com - 3/7/2009
The five most infamous Rahm Emanuel moments | FP Passport
— blog.foreignpolicy.com — Today, former Clinton advisor and Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel accepted Barack Obama's offer to be chief of... staff for the incoming president. The pick of Emanuel is our first glimpse into the future Obama White House, and it has already thrown ... (more) The five most infamous Rahm Emanuel moments | FP Passport

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TPM Election Central:  The Fine Line Between 'Embarrassment' and 'Sure Thing'

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The Fine Line Between 'Embarrassment' and 'Sure Thing'
TPM Election Central — ... So knowing that, the best way for congressional Dems to handle the bill was to play up its benefits for the nation and play down the "pork" debate. They were dealt a phenomenally bad hand by White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, however, who went on "Face the Nation" last week to brush the spending bill off as "last year's business" and suggest that the president disapproved of Congress' free-spending habits. ...

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