In other words, only 15 or so members of the House didn't request an earmark in that bill.
They want to be able to get their earmark spending in for their home district.
It is caused by an earmark-addicted Congress and enabled by a poll-driven president.
We don't know why certain projects get earmark funds and why other projects don't.
Governor SARAH PALIN (Republican, Alaska, 2008 Republican Vice Presidential Nominee): I championed earmark reform.
Economic recovery, earmark reduction, a pledge for cleaner energy: all of these are ambitious proposals.
Fears have been raised by residents over plans to earmark greenbelt flood plain for 3, 500 homes.
So people like Chairman Lewis only stand to lose power with earmark reform.
Consultants frequently advise families to earmark assets outside a company for those who aren't on the payroll.
John McCain--both longtime critics of federal spending on pet projects--have also introduced their own earmark reform bills.
And conservatives may talk fiscal responsibility, but it's OK as long as those earmark checks come their way.
And they became earmark junkies as part of their votes to massively increase the burden of government spending.
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The government spending watchdog Citizens Against Government Waste routinely took Stevens to task for his expertise with the earmark.
Unlike the House, Senate doesn't have rules in place to identify earmark sponsors.
I'm also calling on Congress to continue down the path of earmark reform.
Gibbs said Monday that the Obama administration was formulating guidelines for earmark reform.
They want to solve specific problems in a specific way (rather than just earmark money for some vaguely benevolent purpose).
As for the sneaker tax, it could represent a new wave of targeted taxes that earmark revenue for particular use.
And in spite of the buzz on Capitol Hill about reforming earmark spending, don't expect it to stop anytime soon.
In his State of the Union address, Bush called on members of Congress to put an end to wasteful earmark spending.
And we backed that up by passing the most sweeping ethics reforms since Watergate and by beginning to address earmark abuse.
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Other states earmark taxes as well, but Alabama outdoes them all, designating no less than 89% of its revenues for specific purposes.
Despite that, Lewis says the current Washington earmark scandal is overblown.
Representative ZACH WAMP (Republican, Tennessee): You know, I will defend until my death the ability of the Congress to direct the funding or to earmark projects.
And the outgoing committee chair, California Congressman Jerry Lewis, remains under investigation for his ties to friends and former staffers who became earmark lobbyists.
McCain, a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, drew laughs by criticizing an earmark that Clinton backed and the Senate stripped last week.
And tomorrow, I will issue an Executive Order that directs Federal agencies to ignore any future earmark that is not voted on by the Congress.
Specifically they provided donors with options like the ability to earmark gifts for the care and feeding of cats, or the vaccination of dogs.
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Several years ago, while sitting on the board of an internal combustion engine startup, I had to nix a proposal to seek a cleantech earmark.
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Congress also failed to carry out promised earmark reforms this year.
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