Article: Rep. Sali Introduces Resolution Concerning Congressional Earmarks

Article: Rep. Flake Introduces Resolution Strengthening Point of Order ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 4, 2007 ;     507 words ... ... legislation that contains congressional earmarks.Resolved, That ... period at the end of paragraph (c), add the following ... list required by paragraph (a) or any inaccuracy ... the following new paragraph:`(g) For the ... applicable list of congressional earmarks, limited tax ...

Article: Rep. Fortenberry Introduces Bill Concerning Accountability for ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... FOR EXPENDITURE OF CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS.(a) Government ... fiscal year under paragraph (1), the results ... General conducts under paragraph (1)(B ... time described in paragraph (1), submit such ... A) a list of `congressional earmarks' generated under ...

Article: Congressional earmarks are more than just ...
Corrections Today;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... projects that could not be accomplished without these congressional earmarks. Although the news media often focus on outrageous ... projects that could not be accomplished without these congressional earmarks. In response to the criticism leveled at such spending ...

Transcript: Understanding Congressional Earmarks
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  March 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Weekend Edition - Sunday 03-23-2008 Understanding Congressional Earmarks Host: LIANE HANSEN Time 13:00-14:00 PM Play Audio ... m Liane Hansen. It's high season once again for congressional earmarks - those special-interest deals that steer federal ...

Article: Dems plan to cut congressional earmarks.
Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT);  December 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... for the 2007 fiscal year budget. "There will be no congressional earmarks," Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., and Sen. Robert ... that they undermined public confidence. The number of congressional earmarks exploded over the last decade and became a hot issue ...

Article: Congressional earmarks and pork barrel plitics
Journal of Allied Health;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Washington, DC, were invited to offer advice. Their recommendation was to consider taking action to obtain Congressional earmarks, a term often considered synonymous with pork and pork barrel spending. (Note: The Oxford English Dictionary ...

Article: CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS; Is there good pork?; ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 7, 2008 ;     634 words ...Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Ron Kind has an idea to curtail congressional earmarks, a.k.a. pork. He would form a bipartisan commission that would recommend how transparency, accountability and fiscal responsibilities ...