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PORKBUSTERS UPDATE: Obama on earmarks: We are going to ban all earmarks, the process by which in…
pajamasmedia.com - 1/7/2009
PORKBUSTERS UPDATE: Obama on earmarks: We are going to ban all earmarks, the process by which in…
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PORKBUSTERS UPDATE: Obama on earmarks: We are going to ban all earmarks, the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review. We will create an economic recovery oversight board made up of key administration officials and independent advisers to identify problems ...
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 to outlaw pork?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... — but can he do it?  Obama promised this change at yesterday’s presser (via Instapundit ): One of the measures of irresponsibility that we’ve seen is the enormous federal debt that has accumulated, a number that has doubled in recent years. As we just discussed, my budget team filled me in on - Peter Orszag now forecasts that, at the current course and speed, a trillion-dollar deficit will be here before we even start the next budget, that we’ve already looked - we’re already looking at a trillion-dollar budget deficit or close to a trillion-dollar budget deficit, and that ...

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