Obama’s Name To Be Removed From Earmark In Congressional Budget
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The $7.7 million earmark isn’t going anywhere, but it’s been announced today that Barack Obama’s name as a co-sponsor will be edited out.
Today, Rob Blumenthal, a spokesman for the Senate Appropriations Committee said the earmark…for Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational Institutions, is cosponsored by a long list of other members of both chambers. Obama’s name will be edited out. The committee will attribute that earmark to other senators on the list of that provision’s supporters, but not Obama.
No changes are expected to the earmarks requested by other lawmakers who ended up in top jobs in the Obama administration months after they sought set-asides for special projects in the bills that became the omnibus (HR 1105). Overall, the president, vice president, the White House chief of staff and the four Cabinet secretaries who were in Congress last year showed up in the records of the House and Senate Appropriations committees as the sponsors or cosponsors of hundreds of millions of dollars in pet projects in the $410 billion spending bill.
Vice President Joe Biden, who was a senator from Delaware when the window for making 2009 pet project requests was open, has his name attached to $94.9 million in earmarks.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar , who was a senator at the time, sponsored or cosponsored even more in special line items for favored projects. His total, including earmarks he supported as a secondary sponsor, was $227.4 million. The overwhelming majority of those earmarks were cosponsored in conjunction with other lawmakers.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton , Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood , Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel also were members of the last Congress, and each of their names is associated with at least one earmark in this appropriation, which is ready for debate in the Senate. When asked for comment, White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said Thursday, “We will send you information as soon as it’s available.”
Yeah. Hang on, because Barry’s busy shopping. He’ll get back to you if he feels like it. Tea Party, Anyone?
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February 27th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
The underclass whose “votes” Obama is buying couldn’t care less about the lies he tells. All they know is they have their token prez.
This is a comical ironic joke. 4 years is such a long time. I hope there is still an America then.
March 26th, 2009 at 6:53 am
Even during the recession we were bringing in people from overseas to fill niche positions. If you take that option away, companies will just move out of Hong Kong.\par
January 14th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Just when you think that you’ve seen it all. I can not believe the Barack Obama is expecting companies that did not even receive any bail out money to pay it all back. These bail outs were a horrible idea. why is chrysler and GM not expected to pay back the money they received when companies that did not get anything have to foot the bill. This is an absolutely stupid idea.