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$12B in earmarks: Congress' roller-coaster history with earmark spending takes another twist
14 Mar 2024 17:54 GMT
… less than 3%.
Is this pork barrel spending? Government waste? … congressional appropriations are earmarks. But all earmarks are part of … a ban on earmarks. Former President Obama even warned that … lawmaker can score an earmark. Even 112 earmarks. Such was the …
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$1 MILLION for gay BDSM parties, money for shark repellent studies and homes for starving artists: The most shocking taxpayer-funded earmarks agreed to in Congress' $460B must-pass spending bill to avoid government shutdown in 3 days
06 Mar 2024 21:17 GMT
… vote on Wednesday.
The earmarks have already caused scandal … Keystone State, to have the earmark removed.
Senior appropriator Sen. … with earmarks,' he wrote.
Here are some other pet projects that … so soon after under President Obama. But a decade later …
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South Shore Voters to Weigh Need for Protection From Gentrification Sparked by Obama Presidential Center
15 Feb 2024 01:36 GMT
… by the under-construction Obama Presidential Center in Jackson … Ald. Leslie Hairston.
The Obama Foundation did not oppose the … a spokesperson for the Obama Foundation said in a statement … In addition, the proposal would earmark $5 million for redevelopment of …
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Biden plan will earmark millions of acres of public land for solar development
29 Jan 2024 10:22 GMT
… Rocky Mountains. It revises an Obama-era solar plan released in … new guidance, the BLM will earmark broad pockets of land across …
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Dr. John Gentry Describes ‘Fundamental Change’ Taking Place In CIA Due To Policies ‘Implemented By Obama’
03 Jan 2024 03:42 GMT
… by former President Barack Obama in 2011 have been … particularly that implemented by President Obama in 2011. And again, … laptop was “the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation … stated. In August 2011, Obama signed an executive order implementing …
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Sotomayor and Barrett, lately at odds, discuss relations at the Supreme Court
15 Mar 2024 10:43 GMT
… , was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009. Barrett, 52, was … University. Civics education was a pet project of Justice Sandra Day O …
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McConnell Leads Disgruntled Right-Wingers In Complaining About New Judge-Shopping Fix
14 Mar 2024 18:33 GMT
… leaps and bounds long-held pet projects of the conservative legal world … Roberts say ‘there are not Obama judges or Trump judges?’” McConnell …
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Dr Vivek Murthy’s pet project to come up at Mandya in Karnataka
03 Aug 2023 02:50 GMT
Express News Service
MYSURU: US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s family has come up with a project to build “Mother of Earth”, a spiritual centre, at his native village of Hallegere in Mandya district. Called a “symbol of unity”, the project will be the …
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Chef Ignacio Mattos cooked for Obama and conquered New York
07 Nov 2023 22:25 GMT
… and surprising flavors.
Grilled Berkshire pork with English peas, fava beans … in pork broth, and fresh greens is … wasn’t enough, President Barack Obama himself paid a visit and …
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Maldonado’s Pet Project
11 Jun 2023 20:33 GMT
This is an adapted excerpt from Kenny Xu’s new book “School of Woke: How Critical Race Theory Infiltrated American Schools and Why We Must Reclaim Them.”
When she arrived, Hilda Maldonado’s top priority was to entrench bilingual learning into the county’s …