By John T. Bennett -The Hill Defense budget experts say the campaign to banish earmarks from Congress is unlikely to succeed because lawmakers [...]
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Democrats’ budget bill: $1.1 trillion; 1,900 pages
By DAVID ROGERS, Politico Defying the political odds, Senate Democrats rolled out a year-end, governmentwide spending bill Tuesday that cuts more than $26 [...]
Senate GOP curtails earmarks
By Seth McLaughlin-The Washington Times Senate Republicans on Tuesday voted to ban “pork-barrel” spending as a couple of Democrats rushed to join [...]
Jim Inhofe courts tea party on earmarks
By MANU RAJU, Politico Tea party activists are stepping up their involvement in an internal Senate GOP battle over whether to ban [...]
Mississippi senators bank big on defense earmarks, eclipsing most Dems
By Roxana Tiron -The Hill Two Mississippi Republicans scored hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks as part of the Pentagon spending [...]
Can pork save Murray’s bacon?
By Curt Woodward ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPIA, Wash. | Delivering dollars for Washington state is a point of pride for Democratic Sen. Patty [...]
Lawmakers got fed funds for fancy frontage
By Jim McElhatton, The Washington Times HOBOKEN, N.J. | With a rooftop pool and 24-hour concierge service, the new luxury condominiums off [...]
Earmarks gained by chairmanships don’t help firms
By Jim McElhatton, The Washington Times New research is upending the idea that as a state’s congressional delegation grows more powerful, the [...]
Hill ethics office calls on Justice to probe donations-earmarks link
by Chuck Neubauer, The Washington Times The Office of Congressional Ethics asked the Justice Department on Thursday to investigate whether campaign donations [...]
Voters give pork pushers the chop
By Walter Alarkon, The Hill The landscape for earmarkers in Congress has changed dramatically this election cycle. Appropriators from both parties have [...]
