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

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washingtonindependent.com - 2/5/2009
It’s All Part of My Stimulus Fantasy
— washingtonindependent.com — This amendment to the economic stimulus bill passed by the House and now being considered by the Senate, submitted by conservative icon-in-the-making Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), was breathtakingly bold. The gist , from Sen. DeMint’s Website: o ... (more) It’s All Part of My Stimulus Fantasy

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What got cut from the stimulus bill
cnn.com - 2/7/2009
What got cut from the stimulus bill
— cnn.com — Senators worked late into the night to trim billions from the original stimulus bill. (more) What got cut from the stimulus bill

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

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Joseph Romm: Can Obama stop the nuclear bomb in the Senate stimulus plan?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... This expanded loan guarantee program is the type of unnecessary pork barrel spending that President Obama urged Congress to avoid, and it should be removed from the final bill. ...

Pork-o-rama III: You got 29 hours, people [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom — ... to read through. Of course, any objection to the obscene pork earmarks in the bill, earmarks that Obama was “against” … “We are going to ban all earmarks, the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review.” before he was ...

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