Earmarks to remain in omnibus porkulus – Obama breaks another campaign promise and will sign it

Breitbart and Michelle Malkin have the sorry details, pork to remain in the bill, Obama will sign the bill once it hits his desk (assuming he’s not too warn out), despite the claim of NO MORE EARMARKS during his campaign:

Members of both parties Monday voted to keep their cherished home-state projects as the Senate resumed debate on a spending bill covering foreign aid and domestic agency budgets.

By a 63-32 vote, lawmakers rejected a bid by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to effectively strip about 8,000 of those earmarks from the $410 billion measure.

“If the president really wants to change Washington, as soon as this bill reaches his desk, he should veto it and send it back and say, ‘Clean it up,’” McCain said.

Instead, the White House says President Barack Obama will sign the measure, despite all the projects. During last year’s campaign, Obama he promised to cut the number of earmarks way back and institute other changes.

But lawmakers in both parties defend the practice, and 10 Republican joined most Democrats to defeat McCain’s amendment.

“Yes, I fight for funds for my state. That’s what I came here to do,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which doles out the earmarks. “Candidly, why be an appropriator if you can’t help your state?”

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March 9, 2009 · Filed Under Porkulus


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