Obama Earmarks

Obama Earmark Reform Remarks (FULL TEXT)

AP/MSNBC | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics


President Barack Obama plans to sign a massive spending bill to keep the federal government running, even though it is stashed with the very kinds of ...

Congressional Democrats Made a Big Mistake Including Earmarks in the Spending Bill

Mitchell Bard | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

Democrats in Congress could really use a lesson in the art of politics from President Obama. They have handed the Republicans a legitimate issue to complain about, and there isn't a single good reason for it.

Reid And Top Democrats Brush Off Obama On Earmarks

The Hill | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


Leading Democrats on Wednesday appeared to brush aside President Obama's suggestion that they sacrifice earmarks in the federal budget, arguing Congre...

Sam Stein

Line-Item Veto: Obama Administration Would "Love To Take That For A Test Drive"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


In his press briefing on Wednesday, Robert Gibbs offered the strongest assertion to date that President Obama would like to see the restoration of the...

Obama's Planetarium Projector Earmark Explained

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.08.2008 | Chicago


John McCain accused Barack Obama of a seemingly outlandish request for Chicago's planetarium during the second presidential debate Tuesday, saying tha...

Obama Wanted Earmarks For Wife's Hospital, Fundraiser's Firm

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Media outlets have begun digging into Barack Obama's 2005 and 2006 earmark requests. Obama released them yesterday, and challenged Hillary Clinton to ...

Obama Releases Earmark Requests, Challenges Hillary To Do The Same

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama has released all of his earmark requests from 2005 and 2006 (his 2007 earmarks have already been released). You can see the earmarks her...

Obama, Clinton Join Earmarks Moratorium

Politico | David Rogers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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

Sam Stein

How Vulnerable Are Obama, Clinton On Earmarks?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Last night's Democrat debate may have been one of the final indicators for how the primary election will play out. But it also provided some telling i...

Clinton Earmarks Land Her In Top Ten In Senate

Washington Post | Paul Kane | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton helped secure more than $340 million worth of home-state projects in last year's spending bills, placing her among the top...