Obama team wants earmarks out of stimulus
politico.com 2/2/2009 — The Obama administration wants it known that it's serious about keeping earmarks out of the stimulus plan.

Earmarks and the Stimulus Bill
corner.nationalreview.com 1/9/2009 — Count me as unimpressed by Obama's pledge to keep the stimulus bill free of earmarks. I get why Obama is doing it--it's important symbolically and some Republicans seem to believe opposition to earmarks is the sine qua non of conservative economic ...

Obama will ban earmarks from stimulus bill
cnn.com 2/2/2009 — President-elect Barack Obama says details of the stimulus package will be posted online.

Obama To Ban Earmarks From Stimulus Bill
huffingtonpost.com 1/12/2009 — On his second day in Washington, President-elect Obama met with his budget team and promised no earmarks will be in the stimulus plan. "We are going to ban all earmarks -- the process by which individual members insert pet projects without ...

Remember Obama's Pledge Not to Let Earmarks Get Into His Massive Stimulus Package?
reason.com 1/13/2009 — As you may recall , he was quite emphatic about how his administration would insist on doing things differently: We are going to ban all earmarks—the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review," he explained. ...

Obama vows no earmarks on stimulus
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 1/6/2009 — From NBC's Lauren Appelbaum On his second day in Washington, President-elect Obama met with his budget team and promised no earmarks will be in the stimulus plan.   "We are going to ban all earmarks -- the process by which individual ...

Biden Sets ‘No Earmarks’ Rule for Stimulus Package
cqpolitics.com 12/23/2008 — CQ TODAY MIDDAY UPDATE Dec. 23, 2008 – 2:14 p.m. Biden Sets ‘No Earmarks’ Rule for Stimulus Package Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. pointedly warned Congress on Tuesday not to include earmarks in the huge economic stimulus package now under ...

Biden Vows No Stimulus Earmarks
online.wsj.com 12/24/2008 — Biden released details of the emerging stimulus package, saying that 85% of jobs created under the plan will be in the private sector and that no "pet projects" will be accepted.

Obama's Secretary of Earmarks
online.wsj.com 12/26/2008 — His Transportation nominee is a spending superstar.

When will Obama 'get it' on earmarks?
dcexaminer.com 3/3/2009 — Examiner Editorial - 3/3/09 As the nation faces its most severe recession since 1982, President Barack Obama apparently wants the American people to forget that he promised he would give them earmark reform if they elected him president, even if he ...

Obama bans earmarks from big economic package (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/6/2009
AP - President-elect Barack Obama says he will bar pork-barrel projects from the massive economic stimulus bill he wants Congress to pass.

Obama says expects deficit to approach $1 trillion — Reuters: Politics 1/6/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama said on Tuesday that he expects to inherit a U.S. budget deficit approaching $1 trillion and that his administration would have to make some tough budget choices.

Podcast: A look at Obama’s new ride, ‘The Beast’ — CNN Political Ticker 1/6/2009
CNN=Politics Daily is The Best Political Podcast from The Best Political Team. (CNN) — From horse-drawn carriages to bullet proof sedans – presidential transportation has surely changed since William McKinley took the oath of office at the ...

Secret Service to unveil Obama's wheels — CNN.com - Politics 1/6/2009
As a candidate, Barack Obama promoted hybrid cars.

Senate's opening session: another act in political drama — L.A. Times - Politics 1/7/2009
Victors and vanquished, old guard and new, senators gather in the still-unsettled chamber for the first day of business. Two seats are in dispute and there's suspense over who might inherit a third. >  ...