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Obama bans earmarks from economic package

Obama bars earmarks
Jan. 6: President-elect Barack Obama tells reporters that the massive economic stimulus bill he wants Congress to pass will set a "new higher standard of accountability, transparency, and oversight."


MSNBC

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to bar lawmakers' pet projects from his massive economic stimulus plan and to bring unprecedented accountability to federal spending. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28525113/
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A broken promice (need I say more?)

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A Sample of the 9,287 Omnnibus Bill Earmarks

Amount Recipient/Purpose Congressional Sponsor
$1,049,000 Mormon Crickets, Utah Bennett
$475,000 Sidewalk Construction in Ashland & Cherryland, CA Lee
$225,000 Everybody Wins! LaHood
$200,000 Tattoo removal program in Mission Hills, CA Berman
$190,000 Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY Cubin
$237,500 Theater renovation, Merced, CA Cardoza
$75,000 Totally Teen Zone, Albany, GA Bishop, Chambliss
$500,000 National History Day Several Lawmakers
$570,000 Ronald Reagan Parkway, Boone County, IN Buyer
$100,000 Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation Allen, Snowe, Collins
$332,500 Build a school sidewalk, Franklin, TX Edwards (TX)
$381,000 George Eastman House, Rochester, NY Slaughter, Schumer
$380,600 Versailles Borough Stray Gas Mitigation Doyle (PA)
$75,000 Wayne Gomes Youth Baseball Diversity Foundation Scott
$381,000 Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY Nadler
$5,813,000 Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate, Boston, MA Kerry, Byrd, Harkin, Durbin, Mikulski, Dodd
$950,000 Bus and Bus Facilities, Lawrence, KS Moore, Roberts
$300,000 Montana World Trade Center Rehberg
$2,673,000 Wood Education and Resource Center President, Byrd
$380,000 Lemon Street Reconstruction and Enhancements, FL Bilirakis
$17,500,000 FDR Presidential Library renovation Gillibrand, Reid, Schumer
$2,000,000 LBJ Presidential Library Hutchison
$22,000,000 JFK Presidential Library Markey, Lynch, Kerry
$300,000 GoGirlGo! Boston, MA Capuano, Kennedy, Kerry
$285,000 Kansas Farm Bureau, Manhattan, KS Brownback
$6,838,000 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Several Lawmakers
$427,500 Bicycle/Pedestrian Pathways, Provo, UT Cannon, Hatch
$950,000 World Trade Center of St. Louis, MO Bond
$725,000 Illinois Height Modernization Johnson (IL), LaHood
$298,257 Small business program, Florida Department of Citrus Boyd, Putnam, Martinez
$237,500 Sidewalk Construction, Vienna, VA Davis (VA)
$190,000 Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI Inouye
$100,000 Police Athletic League of Buffalo, Inc Slaughter
$206,000 Wool Research Conaway, Rodriguez (TX)
$475,000 5th & Market St. Transportation Improvements, PA Specter
$494,000 Business incubator, Arkansas State University Berry, Lincoln, Pryor
$400,000 Salisbury House, Des Moines, IA Harkin, Grassley, Boswell
$138,000 John Nance Garner Museum, Austin, TX Rodriguez (TX)
$190,000 Sidewalk Improvements, Williamstown, VT Leahy, Sanders
$870,000 Red Wolf Breeding Facility Relocation Shuler
$190,000 George C. Wallace Community College-Dothan, AL Everett
$142,500 Pregones Theater, Bronx, NY Serrano
$6,623,000 Formosan Subterranean Termites Research Landrieu, Vitter, Alexander
$1,903,000 Landfill Gas Utilization Plant in NY Schumer
$475,000 Replacement of Bus Fleet, Topeka, KS Boyda
$285,000 Widening of County Road 222, Cullman, AL Aderholt
$2,192,000 Center for Grape Genetics, Geneva, NY Schumer, Walsh, Hinchey, Arcuri
$1,791,000 Swine Odor and Manure Management Research, Ames, IA Harkin
$950,000 Bossier Parish Congestion Relief Plan, LA Landrieu, Vitter
$712,500 Replacement Buses, Detroit, MI Conyers, Levin, Stabenow
$4,545,000 Wood Utilization Research Several Lawmakers
$200,000 Oil Region Alliance Peterson (PA)
$2,565,000 Renovate the Cox Building, Maysville, KY McConnell, Davis (KY)
$400,000 Minnesota Teen Challenge Ramstad, Coleman
$190,000 Berkshire Theater Festival, Stockbridge, MA Kennedy, Kerry
$4,750,000 Shiloh Road, MT Baucus, Tester
$143,000 American Ballet Theatre, New York, NY Maloney, Schumer
$100,000 Ready, Willing & Able, Philadelphia, PA Brady (PA)
$250,000 Lederer Theater, Providence, RI Reed
$1,187,500 Wolf Trap Performing Arts Multi-Use Trail, Fairfax, VA Moran
$3,800,000 Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy, MI Levin
$294,500 Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center, East St. Louis, IL Durbin
$143,000 Historic Jazz Foundation, Inc., Kansas City, MO Cleaver, Emanuel
$1,000,000 Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation Ruppersberger, Mikulski, Shelby
$237,500 Street Rehabilitation, Doral, FL Diaz-Balart (Lincoln)
$49,134 Bronx Council on the Arts Serrano
$475,000 Pedestrian Bridges, Iowa City, IA Loebsack
$167,000 Autry National Center for the American West, Los Angeles, CA Schiff, McKeon, Bono, Boxer
$315,000 Music education, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY Maloney, Schumer
$122,821 Greater Toledo Arts Commission Kaptur
$950,000 55th Street East Grade Separation, Minot, ND Dorgan, Conrad
$951,500 Energy Efficiency Street Lighting, Detroit, MI Kilpatrick, Levin, Stabenow
$143,000 Stockbridge-Munsee Museum, Bowler, WI Kagen
$475,000 Italian American Museum, New York, NY Ackerman, Nadler
$1,217,000 Citrus Canker, Greening, FL Several Lawmakers
$900,000 Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL Jackson, Jr., Emanuel, Davis (IL)
$142,500 Bus Replacement, Culver City, CA Watson
$2,150,000 Wisconsin Height Modernization Obey
$1,900,000 Hattiesburg 4th Street Improvements, MS Cochran, Wicker
$71,000 Dance Theater Etcetera, Brooklyn, NY Velázquez
$333,000 Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, GA Marshall (GA), Isakson
$1,235,000 Reconstruction and Upgrade 2300 West Street, Lehi, UT Hatch, Cannon
$380,000 Revitalize Aliceville, AL Shelby
$150,000 Nashua Police Athletic League Youth Safe Haven Hodes, Gregg
$237,500 Paving, sidewalks and streetlights, Islip, NY Israel
$238,000 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Kennedy, Kerry
$1,425,000 I-85 Widening, NC Burr, Dole, Hayes, Watt
$285,000 Sun Valley Lighting Project, CA Berman
$119,000 Children's Discovery Museum, San Jose, CA Honda, Lofgren
$385,000 World Trade Center Utah Bishop (UT), Bennett
$300,000 Shakespeare and Company Olver, Kennedy, Kerry
$476,000 National Council of La Raza in Washington, DC, Menendez, Bingaman
$508,000 Karnal Bunt, Manhattan, KS Brownback, Roberts, Moran, Boyda, Tiahrt
$300,000 Fairplex Trade and Conference Center Dreier, Napolitano
$237,500 SR-91 Congestion Relief, Orange County, CA Miller (CA)
$380,000 Construction of On/Off Ramps, Midland, TX Conaway
$380,600 Carbon Neutral Green Campus, NV Porter, Reid
$150,000 Manufacturers Association of Central New York Walsh
$475,000 Calhoun County Highway 1 Resurfacing, IL Hare
$45,000 Weed It Now on the Berkshire, MA Olver
$24,000 A+ For Abstinence, Waynesboro, PA Specter
$819,000 Catfish Genome, Auburn, AL Shelby, Rogers (AL), Everett, Davis (AL)
$196,514 Beaver Street Enterprise Center, Jacksonville, FL Brown (FL), Martinez
$75,000 Chattahoochee County Family Connection Bishop
$2,188,450 Bismarck State College Center Of Excellence Laboratories, ND Dorgan
$469,000 Fruit fly facility, HI Akaka, Inouye, Hirono
$800,000 Oyster rehabilitation, AL Shelby
$238,000 Ed Roberts Campus, Berkeley, CA Boxer
$475,000 55th Street Extension, Rochester, MN Donnelly, Lugar


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