Pork Barrel Spending

GOP Co-Star: South Carolina's Sanford Wants It So Bad He's...Speechless

Linda Hansen | Posted 07.13.2008 | Home

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Linda Hansen

S.C. GOP Governor Mark Sanford wants the veep spot so bad he rushed unprepared onto the Sunday morning talk shows and made a mockery of McCain's non-plan for the economy.

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Bipartisanship Thrives -- At Least When it Comes to Earmarks

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

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Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

Earmarks are back on the scene. Despite repeated attempts to kill the industry, or at least weaken it, the current House defense authorization bill contains almost $10 billion dollars of red ink.

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GOP Reelection Strategy: Pork Barrel Spending

Washington Post | Chris Cillizza And Ben Pershing | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics

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Faced with one of the worst national political environments in modern political history, Republican incumbents are turning to a tried-and-true approac...

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Clinton Earmarks Land Her In Top Ten In Senate

Washington Post | Paul Kane | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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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...

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The Political Battle Over Earmarks

John K. Wilson | Posted 02.14.2008 | Home

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John K. Wilson

In the fall, neither Obama nor McCain will have the upper hand in a battle over corruption in Washington, since both of them have fought against it. The same can't be said of Hillary Clinton, who will be accurately tarred as part of the sleazy Washington establishment.

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Even Robert Novak Admits: GOP Still Loves Pork

Washington Post | Robert Novak | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics

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When House Republicans convene behind closed doors today at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., they have a chance to make two bold...

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