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change.gov - 1/7/2009
No earmarks
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President-elect Barack Obama said today in a meeting with members of his budget team that he will ban earmarks from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that will soon go before Congress. The President-elect also said he expects his administration to inherit a budget deficit of up to $1 ...
thehill.com - 1/12/2009
Pelosi vows to keep stimulus free of earmarks
— thehill.com — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday vowed that there will be no earmarks in the upcoming economic stimulus bill that Congress and the incoming Obama administration are negotiating. “I can pledge to you that no earmark or any of that, any ... (more) Pelosi vows to keep stimulus free of earmarks

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msnbc.msn.com - 1/6/2009
Obama bans earmarks from economic package
— msnbc.msn.com — President-elect Barack Obama says he will bar pork-barrel projects from the massive economic stimulus bill he wants Congress to pass. (more) Obama bans earmarks from economic package

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rollcall.com - 1/12/2009
Artfully Redefining Earmarks
— rollcall.com — 2009 Roll Call Inc. All rights reserved. (more) Artfully Redefining Earmarks

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GayPatriot:  Rhetorically, Obama Proposes Conservative Change

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.: A Stimulus Package We Can Believe In

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Rhetorically, Obama Proposes Conservative Change
GayPatriot — ... I am delighted the the president-elect recognizes the need to cut government waste, an issue near and dear to the hearts of the Republican rank and file, yet neglected by the great majority of our elected leaders for the past eight, if not ten, years.  And I’m heartened that Obama “will ban earmarks” from his stimulus package. ...

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.: A Stimulus Package We Can Believe In
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Already he has said this one will be different. His transition team released a statement yesterday that they were going to ban all earmarks from the proposed stimulus package. ...

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