Examples of earmarks in omnibus spending bill

Examples of earmarks in omnibus spending bill
Senate Democrats' 1,924-page omnibus spending bill contains more than 6,700 pet projects known as Earmarks. They include: --$1 million for peanut research in Athens and Tifton, Ga. --$3 million to restore oyster beds in the Chesapeake Bay. --$360,000 for the Buffalo, N.Y., police department to purchase Surveillance cameras. --$800,000 to develop advanced packaging for combat rations. --$4.4 million to develop laser technology to counter Roadside Bombs and other improvised Explosive Devices. --$...

Examples of earmarks in omnibus spending bill
Senate Democrats’ 1,924-page omnibus spending bill contains more than 6,700 pet projects known as Earmarks. They include: —$1 million for peanut research in Athens and Tifton, Ga. —$3 million to restore oyster beds in the Chesapeake Bay. —$360,000 for the Buffalo, N.Y., police department to purchase Surveillance cameras. —$800,000 to develop advanced packaging for combat rations. —$4.4 million to develop laser technology to counter Roadside Bombs and other imp...

Examples of earmarks in omnibus spending bill
Senate Democrats' 1,924-page omnibus spending bill contains more than 6,700 pet projects known as Earmarks. They include: -$1 million for peanut research in Athens and Tifton, Ga. -$3 million to restore oyster beds in the Chesapeake Bay. -$360,000 for the Buffalo, N.Y., police department to purchase Surveillance cameras. -$800,000 to develop advanced packaging for combat rations. -$4.4 million to develop laser technology to counter Roadside Bombs and other improvised Explosive Devices. -$12 mi...

A Detailed List of Earmarks in The Omnibus Spending Bill
Pork, pork, pork. It's enough pork to make a Southside Chicago BBQ joint greasy with envy. Yes, it's a bacchanalia of pork spending and Earmarks in the Omnibus spending bill, for sure, and we now have the database to prove it. Senator Tom Coburn has posted a Google Spreadsheet data base document on line and there you can see how much the earmark costs us, where it is going, and which of our congressmen asked for the earmark. There's One million, five hundred eighteen thousand dollars for animal ...

A Detailed List of Earmarks in The Omnibus Spending Bill
Pork, pork, pork. It’s enough pork to make a Southside Chicago BBQ joint greasy with envy. Yes, it’s a bacchanalia of pork spending and Earmarks in the Omnibus spending bill, for sure, and we now have the database to prove it. Senator Tom Coburn has posted a Google Spreadsheet data base document on line and there you can see how much the earmark costs us, where it is going, and which of our congressmen asked for the earmark. There’s One million, five hundred eighteen thousand d...

Government May Shut Down Amid Standoff on Pork-Filled Spending Bill
A government shutdown looms as Congress risks missing a key deadline this weekend over the battle in the Senate on a massive 2,000-page catchall spending bill that Republicans have vowed to oppose unless they can strip it of Earmarks. A government shutdown looms as Congress risks missing a key deadline this weekend over the battle in the Senate on a massive 2,000-page catchall spending bill that Republicans have vowed to oppose unless they can strip it of Earmarks. Senate Majority Lead...

Bomb expert at Palace for medal
A Sheffield soldier who cleared more Roadside Bombs than anyone else in history is to receive the George Medal at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Sgt Maj Karl Ley, 29, made safe 139 improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by the Taliban during a tour of Helmand Province in Afghanistan. The number is more than twice as many as any other bomb disposal expert. Sgt Maj Ley will receive the medal for his "sheer determination, guile and awesome Bravery" from Prince Charles. On one opera...

All on the line
Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5 seconds. What type of connection do you have? Your video format settings have been saved. Photographer Angela Wylie and reporter Dan Oakes visit patrol base Musazai in Afghanistan where the Australian army are mentoring members of the Afghan army. At a new base in southern Afghanistan, young Diggers are dealing this Christmas with freezing temperatures, Insurgents all around, and t...

No place like home in a battle zone
Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5 seconds. What type of connection do you have? Your video format settings have been saved. Photographer Angela Wylie and reporter Dan Oakes are living with Australian Troops in Musazai as they mentor members of the Afghan army. Soldiers live life on the edge at Oruzgan base in Afghanistan, writes Dan Oakes in Musazai. IT IS the hour before dawn in the mountains of southern Afghanis...

Ensign to vote against omnibus spending package with nearly $100 million in Nevada earmarks he helped put in there
Nevada Sen. John Ensign has been railing against the spending in that massive bill that could come to a vote before the Lame Duck session. What he hasn't said is that he, along with other members of the Nevada delegation, have requested tens of millions in spending on earmarked project in the measure. But now, for the greater good of the country, he says, he will vote against what he must believe are needed projects around the state, including highway improvements, Army and Air Force base reques...

Emirate orders chem-bio protection
Published: Dec. 17, 2010 at 12:32 PM CANONSBURG, Pa., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- NABCO Inc. of Pennsylvania is supply Abu Dhabi police with chem-bio containment vessels and explosive containment magazines. The seven units will help the emirate counter and respond to chemical, biological and explosive threats within its jurisdiction. "The sale of total containment vessels to Abu Dhabi demonstrates the global nature of NABCO's business and the requirement of Law Enforcement agencies worldwide for capabiliti...

Gates pushes for omnibus spending bill despite earmarks
The Obama Administration is urging Congress to adopt a $1.2 Trillion spending bill that includes more than 6,700 Earmarks, despite the president's strong criticism of such projects since Election Day. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said at a press briefing Thursday that while he dislikes many of the Earmarks, he would prefer Congress pass this Legislation rather than a stop-gap measure approved in the House last week that would not provide the Pentagon as much funding. Senate Democrats are con...

Reid Drops Omnibus Spending Bill
(NewsCore) - In a surprise move, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced on the Senate floor Thursday that he does not have the necessary votes to file for Cloture on a $1.1 Trillion omnibus spending bill and will therefore not bring it to the Senate floor for a vote. Reid said nine Republicans, who he refused to name, had previously assured him of their support for the bill but had walked away from it in the last few days. Instead, Reid said he will now work with Senate Minority Le...

Republican's called out for hypocrisy on earmarks in spending bill
We need to see more of this: ... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took to the Senate floor this morning to publicly denounce the 2,000 page [omnibus spending] bill. Aghast over its physical enormity, McConnell parroted the GOP talking points on the bill: it was dropped in the dead of night, it “runs just under 2,000 pages,” and “it spends more than half a billion dollars per page.” McConnell dropped his own one-page continuing resolution that would hold the ...

Harry Reid Pulls Massive Omnibus Spending Bill; Mitch McConnell Reacts Video 12/16/10
Here is video of GOP Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reacting to news that Democrat Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid had pulled the massive $1.1 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill because he did not have the 60-votes for Cloture - which would bring it up for an Up or Down vote. The massive bill was filled with more than 39,000 Earmarks, and was 1,924-pages long . This means some kind of continuing resolution will likely be needed to fund the Government until the new Congress can act in J...

Republican Senator porkers (earmarks) in the omnibus bill
Republican Senator porkers (Earmarks) in the omnibus bill You expect the Democrats the load bills up with pork aka earmarks, but one would think that the Republicans got the hint after the November 2nd Elections. Looks like the Republicans are as braindead as the Democrats when it comes to the voter’s ire. In fact, while there are over 6,000 earmarks in the latest $1.1 Trillion dollar omnibus bill, the two leaders in earmark request according to Cubachi are the two Mississippi Republican...

Republicans kill omnibus bill, including their own earmarks
A $1.1 Trillion omnibus bill that included $8 billion in Earmarks from lawmakers who opposed them was pulled from the Senate after Majority Leader Harry Reid acknowledged that he did not have the votes to withstand a Republican Filibuster. All 42 Republicans had threatened to filibuster the bill, despite the fact that two Republican Senators — Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker of Mississippi — requested $561 million and $449 million in earmarks. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell req...

GOP Kills Dems Omnibus Spending Bill
The Hill: Senate Democrats have given up on their plan to pass a $1.1 Trillion omnibus spending bill in the face of unified Republican opposition. The bill’s collapse will take with it more than 6,000 Earmarks as well as more than $1 billion in funding for implementation of Healthcare Reform. Democrats will move instead to two high priorities on their legislative agenda: the DREAM Act, which would grant permanent legal residency to Illegal Immigrants under a certain age, and a Repeal of the ...

Reid Drops Omnibus Spending Bill
(NewsCore) - In a surprise move, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced on the Senate floor Thursday that he does not have the necessary votes to file for Cloture on a $1.1 Trillion omnibus spending bill and will therefore not bring it to the Senate floor for a vote. Reid said nine Republicans, who he refused to name, had previously assured him of their support for the bill but had walked away from it in the last few days. Instead, Reid said he will now work with Senate Minority Le...

Harkin includes 152 earmarks in omnibus bill, 4th most in Senate
The Senate Appropriations Committee released an omnibus federal spending bill on Tuesday. The bill essentially sets the Budget for the Federal Government to continue operating into the next year, and Congress must take action on it or a similar bill before the end of the year in order for the Federal Government to keep its doors open after Jan. 1. More than 6,000 Earmarks were included in the omnibus worth more than $8 billion in spending for 2011, though they represent only a small fraction of ...

Senator Coburn Lists Every Bit of Pork In New Omnibus Spending Bill
Drew just mentioned this, and Bennett (Appropriator, UT) attempting to get all the sweet sweet pork he can before leaving office. Coburn's database has all the pork for your inspection. Here are two that Slublog has called out so far: $500,000: Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Boston, MA, for educational program development, including an endowment Requested by Marky in the House and Kerry in the Senate. From Debbie Stabenow: $800,000:Crim Fitness Foundation, Flint, MI ...

The Intricacies of the Omnibus Spending Bill
The omnibus spending bill is rife with interesting backstories and competing agendas. It’s clear to me that Jim DeMint’s pressure to read the full omnibus, which stands at over 1,900 pages, has three parts: 1) to cement his standing with the Tea Party against “pork” and really spending in general; 2) to run out the clock not on the spending bill but the rest of the Senate’s agenda, especially START, the DREAM Act and the Repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell;...

In a Victory for Earmark Opponents, Dems Drop Their Trillion-Dollar Omnibus Spending Bill
Friday, December 17, 2010 By Patrick Goodenough Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell holds up the 1,924-page omnibus spending bill on the Senate floor on Thursday night. (Screenshot: C-SPAN) (CNSNews.com) - Senate Democrats Thursday evening withdrew an earmark-laden omnibus spending bill, agreeing instead to work on a short-term, stop-gap funding bill - a “continuing resolution” - to keep the Federal Government running beyond midnight Saturday. Earlier, Secretary of

Texas Sen. John Cornyn at odds with spending bill because of earmarks
Texas Sen. John Cornyn at odds with spending bill because of Earmarks 09:30 AM CST on Thursday, December 16, 2010 By TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News [email protected] WASHINGTON - Texas' senators sought Wednesday to distance themselves from a $1.1 Trillion spending package that contains hundreds of millions in earmarks they requested, including $20 million for Dallas' Trinity River Project. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, with fellow Republican John Thune of South Dakota, ...

Spending bill studded with earmarks from Murray, Dicks
WASHINGTON -- In a year marked by anti-earmark fervor, lawmakers still managed to lard $8 billion worth of pet projects into the massive spending bill now wending its way through Congress. Chief among them is Sen. Patty Murray, who got $219 million in Earmarks into the $1.2 Trillion Omnibus spending bill released Tuesday, according to preliminary analysis by the Taxpayers for Common Sense, a Washington, D.C., watch dog group. That amount once again appears to make the Washington Democrat and a...