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The Big Question: Will 'Louisiana Purchase' amendment backfire? 23 Nov 2009 19:20 GMT
... states recovering from a major disaster," as pork designed to win the vote of Sen. ... wasteful spending and the corrupt use of earmarks that the mini-scandal over the purchase of Senator ... dwarfed by the amount of the debt Obama the Democrats have gotten the US into in ...
The Big Question: Will the 'Louisiana Purchase' amendment backfire? 23 Nov 2009 17:22 GMT
... The Big Question: Will 'Louisiana Purchase' amendment backfire? Some ... states recovering from a major disaster," as pork designed to win the vote of Sen. ... guilty of padding legislation with their own earmarks. The process of looting the taxpayers with special ...
Are Minorities Getting Enough Out of the Stimulus? 23 Nov 2009 08:11 GMT
... communities with the highest." In Illinois, President Obama's home state, a Chicago Public Radio investigation ... is using what stimulus money it can earmark for transit purposes to purchase a fleet of ...
Goldman Sachs and US demise 23 Nov 2009 10:30 GMT
... the $100 million it is so generously earmarking for the millions of lives it has destroyed. ... be an eye-popping $9 trillion! President Barack Obama has vowed to reduce the deficit to GDP ...
Are Minorities Being Shortchanged by the Stimulus? 23 Nov 2009 17:51 GMT
... communities with the highest." In Illinois, President Obama's home state, a Chicago Public Radio investigation ... is using what stimulus money it can earmark for transit purposes to purchase a fleet of ...

Are Minorities Being Fleeced by the Stimulus? 23 Nov 2009 22:51 GMT
... communities with the highest." In Illinois, President Obama's home state, a Chicago Public Radio investigation ... is using what stimulus money it can earmark for transit purposes to purchase a fleet of ...
Ambassador to Holy See sees role as bridge-builder 23 Nov 2009 14:12 GMT
... of home: pan con lechon. "They're Italian pork sandwiches but very, very close to pan con ... plucked out of academia by President Barack Obama for one of the most sought-after jobs in the ...
Chamber wants 'war on coal' halted with health-reform vote (32 Comments) 23 Nov 2009 14:14 GMT
... budgets and deferred tax increases, what is Obama doing to us considering his first budget was ... that's not taking into account the liberal pork bill meant to reward those who purchased the White ...
Jay committed to momentous health reform (13 Comments) 23 Nov 2009 07:44 GMT
... the take-back of our state and country. Obama has already decided that he will be a one ... WV MUST SEND THIS MESSAGE to these pork barrel politicians who are bleeding us dry. It ...
How reform could fail -- Liberal Dems turn tables on moderates -- Getting to 60: Blanche Lincoln backstory -- Health care lobbying tops $422 million this year 23 Nov 2009 11:30 GMT
... the 60th vote to bring President Barack Obama's health care initiative to the Senate floor, a ... real drama was how much publicity and pork the supposedly fence-sitting Democrats could exact in exchange for ...

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Where Have All The Doctors Gone? 23 Nov 2009 14:06 GMT
... into the existing serious problem mix. The Obama Administration and the Democrat Congress plan to add ... 2,000 pages long, has a lot of pork and special interest money attached to it, but does ...
Atrio 23 Nov 2009 14:50 GMT
... a few politicians (including Presidents Bush and Obama) when he ran the kitchen at the Hilton ... sauce. Meat dishes include a slow roasted pork belly and the truffled meat loaf, an old standby ...
What happened to earmarks? 18 Nov 2009 05:19 GMT
... traction in one important area, which was earmarks. McCain, who was never a purist in the ... record in this area compared to Barack Obama. Generally, most Americans were more comfortable with McCain ... as the 2009 Pig Book amply illustrates, pork-barrel spending is growing fast." That is largely ...
Milk, pork producers hope worst is over 18 Nov 2009 03:37 GMT
... is over for Pennsylvania farmers. Milk and pork producers have had a lousy 2009, and pending ... in a global economy, Shaffer said. President Obama recently signed an order for the federal Environmental ...
Obama should not expect compliant media 22 Nov 2009 02:20 GMT
... of your column; the feud between the Obama administration and Fox News. Fox commentators like O'Reilly, ... as usual, sucking in billions of stimulus pork dollars, while educating pimps on how best to ...
Viewpoint: Obama should not expect compliant media 22 Nov 2009 02:55 GMT
... of your column; the feud between the Obama administration and Fox News. Fox commentators like O'Reilly, ... as usual, sucking in billions of stimulus pork dollars, while educating pimps on how best to ...
Obama by the Numbers: Calculator Abuse or Outright Fraud? 18 Nov 2009 21:35 GMT
... Obama by the Numbers: Calculator Abuse or Outright Fraud? President ... produce 3.5 to 4 million jobs. This pork fest was so "right for America" that Congress was ...
China spanking Obama is health care's only cure 18 Nov 2009 04:37 GMT
... China spanking Obama is health care's only cure When the World Health ... health care, but on wars, economic stimuli, pork barrel politics, wasteful government programs and. . . ...
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees joins President Barack Obama in PSA 19 Nov 2009 19:53 GMT
... jjenksjr: can you please point out where someone ... his admin, he lied about not putting earmarks in bills when his second bill he signed ...
Fox & Friends suggests Obama is "weak on terror" because Guantanamo won't be closed in January 19 Nov 2009 14:33 GMT
... Bubblehead: "A lot of people worried he would ... his pages around the senate and sending pork to his district. Has anybody asked his contituents about ...

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Muskoka communities cash in on G8 19 Nov 2009 02:55 GMT
... do with the summit and smacks of pork-barrel politics. “There's no question there's been an ... Conservatives trying to use international events as pet projects or a little bit of patronage,” added ... is highly unlikely that U.S. President Barack Obama will venture from Huntsville to visit his village. ...
Byrd: Ive loved every precious minute of it 19 Nov 2009 01:12 GMT
... salute from the Senate and President Barack Obama for his nearly 57 years of service. "I've ... brain cancer. Byrd remains a champion of "earmarks' -- pet project spending that critics also call "pork.' He's helped bring home to West Virginia ...
Byrd: 'I've loved every precious minute of it' 19 Nov 2009 01:33 GMT
... salute from the Senate and President Barack Obama for his nearly 57 years of service. "I've ... brain cancer. Byrd remains a champion of "earmarks' -- pet project spending that critics also call "pork.' He's helped bring home to West Virginia ...
Byrd Shatters Record For Congressional Service 19 Nov 2009 01:50 GMT
... salute from the Senate and President Barack Obama for his nearly 57 years of service. "I've loved ... Byrd remains a champion of "earmarks" -- pet project spending that critics also call "pork." He's helped bring home to West Virginia ...
Byrd serves longest term in Congress 19 Nov 2009 05:36 GMT
... salute from the Senate and President Barack Obama for his nearly 57 years of service. "I’ve loved ... Byrd remains a champion of "earmarks" -- pet project spending that critics also call "pork." He’s helped bring home to West Virginia ...