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Obama vows no earmarks on stimulus
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/6/2009
Obama vows no earmarks on stimulus
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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 members insert pet projects without review," he explained. "We will create an economic recovery oversight board made up of key administration officials and independent advisors to identify problems early and make sure we are doing all we can to solve ...

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RedState: Conservative News and Community:  Obama’s Clintonian Promises

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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No earmarks
change.gov - 1/7/2009
No earmarks
— change.gov — 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 ... (more) No earmarks

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Obama’s Clintonian Promises
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Headline: “Obama Vows No Earmarks on Stimulus” Fine Print: “We are going to ban all earmarks — the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review…” It’s much easier to ban earmarks if you change the definition. According to the Office of Management and Budget, an earmark is spending where “the congressional direction… circumvents the merit-based or competitive allocation process, or specifies the location or recipient.” ...

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