Today's Topic: Earmarks and Pork Barrel Spending

The Wednesday, January 7, 2009 edition of the Washington Times features an article, Obama bans bill pork, warns of deficits.

CNN reports in a story titled, Obama to make case for 'urgent action' on economic recovery plan.

• Banning earmarks
• Oversight board

"We are going to ban all earmarks, the process by which individual members
insert pet projects without review," - President-elect Barack Obama

WSJ Wall Street Journal reports Obama Taps Killefer for New Post http://tinyurl.com/8tgszd

nytimes New York Times headline: $1.2 Trillion Deficit Forecast as Obama Weighs Options http://tinyurl.com/9crg97

usnews Story from US News & World Report titled Obama's Trillion Dollar Deficits and Taxes http://tinyurl.com/7fon29

For more on earmarks, read Public Interest Institute Brief, "Pork, Politics Gone Bad."

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