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Sen. Corker Says No to Pork as Congressional Earmarks Decline 15 Percent
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWhat a nice change of pace to see that Congressional earmarks -- the individual projects that members of Congress request for their districts -- dropped 15.5 percent in 2010, from $19.6 billion to $16.5 billion. And one lawmaker has decided to withdraw all of his earmark requests for 2011. "I realize I am just one junior senator," Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday. "But given our country's fiscal condition, I could not in good conscience keep my name next to any earmark requests this year." Corker also called the earmarking system "fundamentally flawed." Corker's announcement came ...
Obama Claims Stimulus Pork-Free, AP Disagrees
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyDuring Obama's presser last night, he repeatedly asserted that the Stimulus bill before this nation is certified pork-free. There are no earmarks, the President insisted, both to the press and to the town hall meeting yesterday. After all the lamenting from Republicans and conservative pundits about pork, can the President really be correct?Not really. I mean, look at it this way. If you are cooking a chicken, in a duck ... in a turkey, and you decide to wrap it in bacon, then you've added pork to your meal. But if, on the other hand, you're cooking a bacon log, you aren't adding pork, are ...
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