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'Squad' earmarks $224 million for leftist agendas
20 Apr 2024 18:43 GMT
… earmarks in the federal budget since 2023 to fund pet projects … Massachusetts to pass the earmark, eviscerating Republicans for prioritizing … then-Senator Barack Obama helped ban earmarks in 2011 because … to reinstate earmarks in 2021, opening the pork barrel …
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Conservatives demand crackdown after 8,000 pet projects in Congress cost taxpayers $15 BILLION in 2024: Republicans urged to ban earmarks that included cash for salmon research, studies on sharks and LGBTQ groups
05 Apr 2024 21:51 GMT
… members of Congress' pet projects back in their district was … President Obama threatened to veto any bill that contained earmarks.
The … in exchange for submitting earmark requests.
In response to … projects.
Some examples of pet projects in this year…
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Tim Cook In Vietnam: Can Apple CEO's Visit To Iconic Cafe In Hanoi Replicate Obama And Bourdain's Bun Cha Magic?
15 Apr 2024 08:32 GMT
… found in a Hanoian home.
Obama Was The Pioneer: Vietnamese cuisine … caloric nature. Former President Barack Obama and the late TV presenter … a dish made of minced pork served over rice noodles and … it. They even have an Obama combo, which according to Flavors …
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Book excerpt: 'Barons' examines food system, including pork production
31 Mar 2024 11:57 GMT
… have come to dominate pork production, they’ve degraded … slaughter pigs and package pork, were enthusiastic about the … livestock products, particularly eggs and pork. Wall Street took notice; … of agriculture for Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden — derided …
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South Shore Voters Endorse Calls to Expand Protection From Gentrification Sparked by Obama Presidential Center
27 Mar 2024 18:49 GMT
… by the under-construction Obama Presidential Center in Jackson … In addition, the proposal would earmark $5 million for redevelopment of … Ald. Leslie Hairston.
The Obama Foundation did not oppose the … a spokesperson for the Obama Foundation said in a statement …
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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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PAC-SJ rummage sale brings vintage treasures to Google’s downtown San Jose site
25 Apr 2024 22:08 GMT
… and Saturday at 20 Barack Obama Blvd. in downtown San Jose … Creekside Socials at 20 Barack Obama Blvd. in San Jose. (Sal … Creekside Socials at 20 Barack Obama Blvd. in San Jose. ( … will benefit the Silicon Valley Pet Project and the Lemo Foundation. Tickets …
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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 …