2) Non-pork earmarks which appropriate money for a specific purpose that can reasonably be claimed to benefit the country as a whole or to benefit people across the country. I have not seen any claims that there are these types of earmarks in the Omnibus bill although there may be.
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All four Republicans from Oklahoma voted against it and some blasted the measure for the amount it spent and the types of earmarks included. Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla., voted for it.
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Federal earmarks ... Congress earmarks ... Types of earmarks...
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The key, they said, is McCain’s commitment to cutting spending by eliminating congressional earmarks. ... But this gets even more entertaining when we take a closer look at what’s included among the earmarks McCain plans to eliminate ... You have two types of Earmarks:
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"Sarah Palin is not the reformer that the McCain campaign claims she is and her support for the types of earmarks McCain rails against is one more example," Democratic National Committee spokesman Damien LaVera said.
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Judging from the types of earmarks he has added to bills, I would say he is trying to support his district businesses and individual tax payers. To assume that this is wrong is to assume that this is corrupt. I know you don’t think that of Dr. Paul.
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Senate conservatives say legislation is toothless ... He said, “The way they’ve defined them over on the House side, what Nancy Pelosi did is include all the various types of earmarks. Over here, we don’t define something that is federal as an earmark, and the definitions are key in conference as well.”;
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He said, “They way they’ve defined them over on the House side, what Nancy Pelosi did is include all the various types of earmarks. Over here, we don’t define something that is federal as an earmark and the definitions are key in conference as well.” ;
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A line-item veto power would tend to enable the president to at least reduce or eliminate the "bridge to knowhere" types of earmarks. If the Democrats wish to demonstrate a real interest in the citizens, they should craft one that will hold up against the scrutiny of the Supremes and pass it asap.
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SUBJECT: Earmarks in Appropriation Acts: FY1994, FY1996, FY1998, FY2000, FY2002, FY2004, FY2005; FROM: CRS Appropriations Team; This memorandum originally was prepared in response to a request for CRS to quantify earmarks in regular annual appropriations acts.
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