On the campaign trail last year, Alaska's Republican governor, Sarah Palin, sold herself as a crusading reformer who despised earmarks--those federal ...
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, sounding weary of criticism over federal earmarks, defended Congress' pet projects Wednesday as he signed a...
Chicago Public Radio | Ammad Omar | Posted 04.11.2009 | Chicago
The Chicago Transit Authority's long-discussed Circle Line is getting a boost from Congress. The project received a $8 million earmark - sponsored by ...
Media Matters | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
Numerous media outlets have devoted significant coverage to the earmarks contained in the pending omnibus appropriations bill, even though, according ...
Think Progress | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics
Republicans like Sens. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-AZ), have been attacking the $410 billion omnibus spending bill, claiming that it has too ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics
Speaking on the Senate floor on Wednesday evening, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) got under the fingernails of the government watchdog group Taxpay...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics
If it's budget time, it's good to be a red state. And it's very good to be Mississippi. According to an analysis by the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Co...
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...
Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics
The full text of the omnibus spending bill has been posted online. Click here to access the 10 separate federal divisions' bills, summaries and stat...
Mother Jones | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics