PORK NEWS
Obama Should Veto Pork-Laden Budget, McCain Says
(CNSNews.com) - If President Barack Obama wants to keep his pledge to the American people about no pork barrel spending, he should veto the $410-billion appropriations bill pending in the Senate, which contains nearly 9,000 earmarks that total $7.7 billion, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told CNSNews.com on Friday. Congressional Democrats, however, defended the bill and said that important strides have been made in earmark reform.
Giant Omnibus Bill Includes $7.7 Billion in Earmarks for Bugs, Pigs, Parking – and La Raza
(CNSNews.com) – Termite research, walrus rehabilitation and pig manure are among the more than 8,570 of earmarks in the omnibus spending package currently before the Senate. Perhaps the most controversial is a direct, $950,000 earmark for a Hispanic civil-rights group -- the National Council of La Raza. The group helped organize large protests in 2006 aimed at derailing efforts by conservative congressional Republicans to enforce U.S. immigration laws.
Democrats try to brand earmarks as good
(Washington Times) -
It's money well spent, they say.
(CNSNews.com) - If President Barack Obama wants to keep his pledge to the American people about no pork barrel spending, he should veto the $410-billion appropriations bill pending in the Senate, which contains nearly 9,000 earmarks that total $7.7 billion, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told CNSNews.com on Friday. Congressional Democrats, however, defended the bill and said that important strides have been made in earmark reform.
Giant Omnibus Bill Includes $7.7 Billion in Earmarks for Bugs, Pigs, Parking – and La Raza
(CNSNews.com) – Termite research, walrus rehabilitation and pig manure are among the more than 8,570 of earmarks in the omnibus spending package currently before the Senate. Perhaps the most controversial is a direct, $950,000 earmark for a Hispanic civil-rights group -- the National Council of La Raza. The group helped organize large protests in 2006 aimed at derailing efforts by conservative congressional Republicans to enforce U.S. immigration laws.
Democrats try to brand earmarks as good
(Washington Times) -
It's money well spent, they say.
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