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Donors To Clintons: We Gave At The Office

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Politics, Earmarks, Money, Campaign Coontributions, Donors, 2008 Elections, Hillary Clinton, Pork, Wall Street Journal, Fund Raising, Obama, Internet, Sentor Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Senator Obama, Donations, Home News
Russ Wellen

"Why can't they work the Internet like Obama? Are they too proud to take $25 donations?" "Sorry, Chelsea. Your email must have got caught in the Spam filter." "Any more pork, Hillary, and I'll puke."

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Clinton Won't Release Earmark Requests Like Obama

Newsday | John Riley | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Earmark Requests, Earmarks, Barack Obama, Politics News

Close observers of yesterday's reports on the efforts of McCain and Obama to get Sen. Clinton to disclose her earmark requests going back to 2001 may ...

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Budget Would Torpedo Bush's Tax Cuts

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Earmarks Ban, Earmarks Moratorium, Earmarks, Spending, Senate, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate rejected calls from both parties' presidential candidates to take an election-year break from pork-barrel spending as a ...

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Obama, Clinton Join Earmarks Moratorium

Politico | David Rogers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain Pork, Earmarks Moratorium, Hillary Clinton Earmarks, Earmarks, Clinton Pork, Obama Pork, John McCain Earmarks, Obama Earmarks, Politics News

After months of partisan sniping, the great earmarks debate in Congress may be collapsing in a marriage of political convenience between conservatives...

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Earmarks: Faster And Easier Than Ever Thanks To Innovation

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Spending Bill, Tom Reynolds, DC Earmarks, Ted Stevens, Capitol Hill, King of Pork, Earmarks, Robert Byrd, Federal Budget, Henry Waxman, Business News
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

Its earmark season on Capitol Hill, and this year, thanks to technology, it will be even easier for members of Congress to get their earmark requests sorted out and submitted.

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Response To The State Of The Union

236.com: News You Can Misuse | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: State of the Union Response, State of the Union, Earmarks, Economy, Iraq War, 236.Com: News You Can Misuse, George Bush, Iraq, 236.Com, Politics News

If you haven't watched it yet, President Bush's final State of the Union address Monday night focused on *SPOILER ALERT* the economy and the war in Ir...

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More Lawmakers Give Up Earmarks

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Democratic Congress, Ethics Reform, Earmarks, John McCain Earmarks, Earmark Reform, Bridge to Nowhere, Citizens Against Government Waste, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A growing number of lawmakers in Congress are voluntarily giving up one of the biggest perks of office _ at the risk of alienating ...

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Hillary Clinton Lands Earmarks For Campaign Contributions

LA Times | Tom Hamburger and Dan Morain | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Primary, John McCain, Earmarks, Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Hillary Clinton Earmarks, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Charles Schumer, Barack Obama, Politics News

It's a real estate developer's sugar-plum dream: a mega-shopping mall complete with 10 Broadway-style theaters, an indoor river, a Tuscan village and ...

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Rekindled Love: GOP Lets Craig Keep His Earmarks

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senator Larry Craig, Earmarks, Politics News

Senate Republican leaders have backed off from pressuring Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) to resign his seat, giving the beleaguered lawmaker a glimpse of ...

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Senate GOP Leader Earmarks $25 Million For Firm Accused Of "Widespread Bribery"

Lexington Herald-Leader | John Cheves | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bribery, Earmarks, Senator Mitch McConnell, Politics News

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is pushing $25 million in earmarked federal funds for a British defense contractor that is under criminal investigation ...

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