Return to Article: Bush orders agencies to ignore earmarks

By Robert Brodsky rbrodsky@govexec.com January 29, 2008
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    """Despite the harsh rhetoric, left unsaid was the blunt reality that the administration would not attempt to strip any earmarks from the omnibus -- which also included 1,600 presidential earmarks, worth more than $16 billion -- or the Defense appropriations bill, which was stuffed with more than 2,100 pet projects valued at roughly $8 billion, according to figures from Taxpayers for Common Sense, a watchdog group in Washington that that tracks federal spending."""

    What a despicable lil troll this guy is. This applies to the House and Senate.

    rooster Posted January 30, 2008 5:11 PM
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    This is the first step into a swamp that can only be taken by an administration the is best characterized as the walking dead.

    No administration with asperations of any congressional support would dare to take such a position. The flak will be as heavy from the Republicans that plan to run for another term as the Democrats who feel that the spoils go to the victors.

    Brush up on your budget empoundment and control act because it will once again be the tool that the Congress uses to beat the President into submission.

    ron garant Posted January 30, 2008 10:58 AM
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    Good for President Bush!

    Johnnie Nichols Posted January 30, 2008 10:49 AM

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