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Defense Bill Loaded with Earmarks
A defense spending bill that contains several key provisions favored by the White House and Defense Secretary Robert Gates -- killing the F-22 fighter jet, for example -- is expected to reach the Senate floor sometime Tuesday. But attached to the $636 billion bill is $2.65 billion in earmarks, ranging from unwanted defense projects to targeted pork for campaign donors.
The bill "would add $1.7 billion for an extra destroyer the Defense Department did not request and $2.5 billion for 10 C-17 cargo planes it did not want, at the behest of lawmakers representing the states where those items would be built," The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The story also details a number of smaller earmarks:
The White House has not given any indication that Obama will veto the bill. But he told the Veterans of Foreign Wars in August, "If Congress sends me a defense bill loaded with a bunch of pork, I will veto it."[Sen. Thad] Cochran, the ranking Republican on the Appropriations subcommittee on defense, also added $12 million in earmarked spending for Raytheon Corp., whose officials have contributed $10,000 to his campaign since 2007. He earmarked nearly $6 million in military funding for Circadence Corp., whose officers -- including a former Cochran campaign aide -- contributed $10,000 in the same period...In total, the spending bill for 2010 includes $132 million for Cochran's campaign donors.
Defense Bill, Lauded by White House, Contains Billions in Earmarks [Washington Post]
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David Sessions
David Sessions is a journalist based in New York who covers politics, religion, and the arts. He is the founding editor of patrolmag.com. ...moreComments (33)
mont9500
12:56PM Sep 29th 2009
sure glad you put "reported" link in your piece. I thought maybe he was the only one doing the pork thing. I guess it all depends how you slant it.
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(3) 
WADE....
8:01PM Sep 29th 2009
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(0) Charles Queen
1:06PM Sep 29th 2009
They would be very wise to continue the F-22 Raptor.This is 5th generation technology.Our enemy's are still fighting with and perfecting 4th generation so it's vital to our security and to our military as a whole to keep building these jets.Gates was all for it when Bush was in now Obama is in and he has his head up Obamas ass.Gates needs to be replaced.He shows just how loyal and concerned he is to his country and the military as well.I guess if he is still around when the next pres is in he will put dpwn everything he and Obama went along togewid flip flop to whatever the next guy's wish's are
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(4) conservu
1:19PM Sep 29th 2009
All these people seem to melt now that Obama is President. All their princlples and common sense go straight out the window. As another poster said, "don't listen to what they say, but watch what they do." This is very good advise.
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(7) leo81445
1:50PM Sep 29th 2009
Did you read the whole article?!?!?!?
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(1) leo81445
1:49PM Sep 29th 2009
Oh goody!!! Another place for the dimwitted lib bloggers to give their elitist reasons that we deserve more earmarks. I don't care if they're Dems or Republicans....what gives them the right to spend money that's not there. Even the infamous blogger, jrot, said it best yesterday when he concluded that we saved $46 million by not having the missle site in Poland. Whoppee Crap!
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(10) bearclaw2304
1:58PM Sep 29th 2009
"No more pork or earmarks." So does this mean that when Candidate Obama was on the campaign trail he lied when he said this? Does that in turn make him a lier? I guess Joe Wilson was not that far off the mark. Its a good thing that he is going to go to Denmark to lobby for the Olympics to be held in Chicago. I mean its not like their isn't more important things going on such as Iran test firing long range missiles capable of hitting Israel, or the fact that our economy is still struggling along with unemployment at an all time high. Perhaps he didn't see the report from General McCrystal talking about the need for more troops in Afghanistan. That without them we will fail, and all the men lost over the last 8 years will account for nothing. I guess I can only judge him on what I have seen. And its pretty pathetic. But hey hes all about change, and pretty soon thats all I am going to have left in my wallet.
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(8) efu2obama
3:31PM Sep 29th 2009
I agree. When going into battle our nation must have an overwhelming force. This means fewer deaths and casualties overall. Remember Custer's last stand? The Indians just encircled our relatively small force and peeled them off like an onion.
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(5) Linda
2:48PM Sep 29th 2009
It is a shame that our government is not looking out for the people. They really never have. The military has robbed all of us blind over the year's. They will spend $600.00 for a toilet seat when you can go to the hard ware store and get it for 22.00 or spend $400.00 for a hammer. Come on now folk's this is theivery at it's best. Now they want to do away with thing's the military need so they can get there earmark's in there. The heck with doing what need's to be done. Oh yes, one of his buddies gave a donation to him so his buddy want's something else that we the people don't need to fund, but he want's it so he will get it. Obama will approve it you can bet. The heck with defending our country and putting air craft that is needed at there disposal. Let's get a ship that wasn't asked for so this buddy's state can get the contract. We have such an honest government don't we.
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(2) efu2obama
4:08PM Sep 29th 2009
First, let take a crack at Sessions: what zoo of a school did you graduate from? In my day, students went into "journalism" and "english" because you didn't have to work hard to get a degree. The Fourth estate? BULL$HIT - you lame brains don't deserve an estate but maybe an outhouse. This story is just your typical radical liberal-in-a-closet drivel. Grow-up. Start being a man. Your ideological IDIOTIC college days are OVVERRR!!!
Linda, an earmark is not the same as "pork" or "pork barrel" spending. Cochran's earmarks are for high tech firms, like Raytheon, that keep our defense establishment at the leading edge of developing superior weapons technologies. Technologies that, BTW, eventually become useful in our everyday lives, like microwave ovens, ultrasonic toilets and washing machines, security systems and alarms, GPS devices such as positioners and locaters etc., etc. Further, with their commercialization, these new technologies create new industries and new JOBS!
They are earmarked rather than contracted for because of the nature of research and development. Oftentimes, scientists and engineers don't know what they have got until they get there! That is, a few $ million in earmarks can create multibillion dollar industries (and therefore, JOBS!)- just checkout the size and growth of industries based on microwave technology over the past 35 years!
Linda, an earmark is not the same as "pork" or "pork barrel" spending. Cochran's earmarks are for high tech firms, like Raytheon, that keep our defense establishment at the leading edge of developing superior weapons technologies. Technologies that, BTW, eventually become useful in our everyday lives, like microwave ovens, ultrasonic toilets and washing machines, security systems and alarms, GPS devices such as positioners and locaters etc., etc. Further, with their commercialization, these new technologies create new industries and new JOBS!
They are earmarked rather than contracted for because of the nature of research and development. Oftentimes, scientists and engineers don't know what they have got until they get there! That is, a few $ million in earmarks can create multibillion dollar industries (and therefore, JOBS!)- just checkout the size and growth of industries based on microwave technology over the past 35 years!
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(3) beckjr2000
2:38PM Sep 29th 2009
The Tax Payer does not stand a chance with our elected officials.
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(5) jjddixie1
2:58PM Sep 29th 2009
.. what happened to his changie-hopie-dopie campaign promises of less than one year ago..
*No Earmarks in "my" transformational administration..
*Transparency, and posting of all legislation 72 hours prior to congressional voting..
*Gonna get bin Laden..
Plus, he'll close Club Gitmo.. Lower the sea levels and heal the planet!
Equal Economic prosperity, and Peace, love & Abortions for ALL!!
LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE... but Wait..all is not lost.. he kept his beloved Abortions for the World, pledge.. Oh, worship him, Libs..
*No Earmarks in "my" transformational administration..
*Transparency, and posting of all legislation 72 hours prior to congressional voting..
*Gonna get bin Laden..
Plus, he'll close Club Gitmo.. Lower the sea levels and heal the planet!
Equal Economic prosperity, and Peace, love & Abortions for ALL!!
LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE... but Wait..all is not lost.. he kept his beloved Abortions for the World, pledge.. Oh, worship him, Libs..
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(4) wheeljc
3:05PM Sep 29th 2009
WHERE IS CANDIDATE OBAMA WHO PROMISED HE WOULD VETO SUCH PORK?????
Our government is broke! States are broke!! We have the world bank telling us that the 'dollar' is losing its luster!
So what do we do?? Fill the defense bill with pork!!!
THIS IS IDIOTIC! How can any of the politicians in Washington be trusted with what we have left -- FROM THE PRESIDENT DOWN -- Both parties!!
Our government is broke! States are broke!! We have the world bank telling us that the 'dollar' is losing its luster!
So what do we do?? Fill the defense bill with pork!!!
THIS IS IDIOTIC! How can any of the politicians in Washington be trusted with what we have left -- FROM THE PRESIDENT DOWN -- Both parties!!
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(4) efu2obama
4:20PM Sep 29th 2009
Hey WHEEL Guy!
Please see my post under Linda's. Further, as the result of additional tooling costs and many other associated costs, a "hammer" might not be an ordinary hammer and might cost hundreds of dollars more than the one you will find at WalMart. Manufacturers bring down costs because of what is called cumulative experience in a product's manufacture.
Please see my post under Linda's. Further, as the result of additional tooling costs and many other associated costs, a "hammer" might not be an ordinary hammer and might cost hundreds of dollars more than the one you will find at WalMart. Manufacturers bring down costs because of what is called cumulative experience in a product's manufacture.
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(3) outandabout333
4:46PM Sep 29th 2009
Well I thought his campaign was about change and Washington wasn't going to be run the way it's always has. He is suppose to cut away the earmarks and go over those budgets line by line. Once again, all words and no action. The guy lies, plain and simple. Can't trust anything he says, yet people believe him on healthcare. God help us.
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(2) Rheinhart Moxon
7:51PM Sep 29th 2009
I'm confused - are you complaining because he hasn't brought change... or are you congratulating him because he is just another GW Bush?
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(1) daballofire
5:06PM Sep 29th 2009
Was Obama lying when he said he was going to stop earmarks or was I dreaming or being a racist again?
Forget F22's. We need unmanned high speed stealth combat vehicles that don't have weak pilots who black out when they maneuver at high G's. No sense sending a man to do an Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles job - very poorly. UCAV's are way cheaper, way better and match up with what our enemies may well already have. But so do we.
Forget F22's. We need unmanned high speed stealth combat vehicles that don't have weak pilots who black out when they maneuver at high G's. No sense sending a man to do an Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles job - very poorly. UCAV's are way cheaper, way better and match up with what our enemies may well already have. But so do we.
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(1) bonbon
5:26PM Sep 29th 2009
now you know you were being a racist,
just like the rest of us who oppose him
just like the rest of us who bring him to task on issues like this.
just like anyone who see's the truth, and is not afraid to speak out.
I guess the new meaning for racist, has become, the meaning for anyone who dares speak out, and tell the truth.
so I guess that makes a lot of us racist.
and here we thought we just really loved our GREAT NATION, and want to see it remain HOME OF THE BRAVE, LAND THAT WE LOVE,
just like the rest of us who oppose him
just like the rest of us who bring him to task on issues like this.
just like anyone who see's the truth, and is not afraid to speak out.
I guess the new meaning for racist, has become, the meaning for anyone who dares speak out, and tell the truth.
so I guess that makes a lot of us racist.
and here we thought we just really loved our GREAT NATION, and want to see it remain HOME OF THE BRAVE, LAND THAT WE LOVE,
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(1) leo81445
6:34PM Sep 29th 2009
Obama and McCain, rivals in last year's race for the White House, are both critics of pet projects, or earmarks. McCain, however, is a far more strident critic of the Senate's pork-barrel ways. On Tuesday, McCain said Obama has not be stern enough in his dealings with Congress on earmarks. An early White House request to strip earmarks from an omnibus spending bill for the current year was firmly rebuffed by Democratic leaders.
This, my friends, Democratic Elitism at it's best in the Defense Bill. Even Obama cannot contain his democratic spenders. The just stomp their feet and "firmly rebuff" Obama.....Hope the trip to Denmark is nice. At least Ms. Jarrett might make out ok....slumlord properties in Chicago might get a pretty penny as land for a stadium or bike track. Hmmm, are we going to forever name it after her?
This, my friends, Democratic Elitism at it's best in the Defense Bill. Even Obama cannot contain his democratic spenders. The just stomp their feet and "firmly rebuff" Obama.....Hope the trip to Denmark is nice. At least Ms. Jarrett might make out ok....slumlord properties in Chicago might get a pretty penny as land for a stadium or bike track. Hmmm, are we going to forever name it after her?
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(0) Rheinhart Moxon
7:50PM Sep 29th 2009
Thank God NOT ONE Republican has earmarks that would benefit his/her district in the Defense Bill!!
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