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Tentative Deal to Put Earmarks Back in House Spending Bills

An AP story (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-06-13-congress-spending_N.htm) seems to indicate there has been a step back from...

Appropriations Underway

The House has taken up the rule governing the debate on the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill , (TCS ANALYSIS OF THE...

50 Defense Earmarks Not Disclosed by House Defense Committe

 Posted by Laura Peterson, June 8, 2007   Additional Information...

Earmark Protection Program

Okay, I have to admit that I thought that Chairman Obey's bluster about not including earmarks was going fall by the wayside during the...

50 Defense Earmarks Not Disclosed by House Defense Committe

When the House of Representatives passed new rules just a few days into the new Congress requiring lawmakers to disclose the earmarks...

OMB Tracking FY08 Earmarks

OMB Director Portman sent a memo to Heads of Departments and Agencies today. He is directing them to track earmarks in the FY08 spending...

House Armed Services Committee Releases Defense Authorization Earmarks

posted by Laura Peterson, May 23, 2007 With little fanfare, defense earmarks made their public debut in the House Armed Services Committee...

House Planning to Hide Earmarks From the Public

Both CongressDaily and Roll Call (Steven Dennis' article from today pasted in at bottom) have reported that House Appropriations Chairman...

Murtha Track Record on Earmark Pressure: ‘If You Vote Against This Bill, You Wonﾒt Have Any Input at All the Next Time’

Rep. Rogers (R-MI) is bringing a privileged resolution to the floor to reprimand Rep. Murtha (D-PA) for threatening to eliminate any...

WRDA Earmarks Aplenty

We have completed compiling all the WRDA earmarks - all 438 of them - and their sponsors into a database. The Water Resources Development...

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...