05 Mar 2009
Hoyer: Congress, not Obama, to decide on earmarks

If Obama is as politically astute as I think he is, this guy's gonna be in for a rude awakening. The Prez should align himself with what troops he can muster, and with the Republicans, who are suddenly totally opposed to earmarks, never mind the last eight years, and squash these attempts to wrap earmarks in the cloak of the Constitution.

Longtime pork barrel spending critic Sen. John McCain proposed an amendment Tuesday to knock out all the earmarks from the emergency spending bill that's in the Senate.

(link) [CNN.com]

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