Earmarks

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Earmarking
2. Citizens Against Government Waste: 2007 Pig Book Summary
3. Office of Management and Budget: What is an Earmark?
4. Sunlight Foundation: Exposing Earmarks
5. Congresspedia: Earmarks
6. Reuters: Congress Under Attack for Earmark Money (January 28, 2008)
7. Video: Fox News Report on Congressional Earmarks (Time 3:13)

Earmarks Recent News Stories

• Google News: Earmarks
• Reuters: Congress Under Attack for Earmark Money (January 28, 2008)
• CBS News: Bush Signs Budget Bill, Takes One More Dig At Congress (December 26, 2007)
• Village Voice: A roundup of earmarks in the latest Defense bill (December 26, 2007)
• Houston Chronicle: "Ron Paul defends seeking funds for Texas district" (December 24, 2007)
• USAToday.com: "'Earmark' analysis shows money follows power" (December 11, 2007)
• FoxNews.com: House Republicans Dissatisfied With Chairman's Offer on Disclosing Earmarks (2007)
• USAToday.com: House Democrat warns GOP on earmarks (2007)
• FoxNews.com: Boehner: Republicans to Declare War on Democrats Over Earmarks (2007)
• WashingtonPost.com: "House Votes to Disclose Earmarks" (2006)  
• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Earmarks articles

Earmarks Background

• Wikipedia: Pork barrel
• Wikipedia: Political corruption
• OMB.gov: OMB Guidance to Agencies on Definition of Earmarks
• Examiner.com: Special Report: Earmarks
• Harpers Magazine: "Inappropriate Appropriations" (2006)
• NewsMax.com: Nancy Pelosi: Identify Earmarks (2006)
• WashingtonPost.com: Up to Their Earmarks (2006)
• PBS.org: Earmarks, Pork and Federal Budgets (2006)
• WashingtonPost.com: "Clients' Rewards Keep K Street Lobbyists Thriving (2006)
• The New York Times: Religious Earmarks chart (2006)
• SFGate.com: Alaska 'bridge to nowhere' funding gets nowhere (2005)  

Earmarks Commentary and Criticism

• Examiner.com: Pork: Still the staple of choice for the nation’s representatives (2007)
• Townhall.com: "Taking a Step Backward on Earmarks" by John Boehner (2007)
• The New York Times: "Don’t Get Rid of Earmarks" by Rahm Emanuel (August 24, 2007)
• National Review Online: “Earmarks Have Turned the Congress into an ATM Machine” (2007)
• The New York Times: "Earmarked Men" (2006) 
• OMB.gov: Excerpt on earmarks from the President's State of the Union address transcript (January 23, 2007)
• CommonDreams.org: Republicans Indulging in Pork Along With Power (2003)

Earmarks Message Boards and Blogs

• Blog: Porkbusters
• TheHill.com: Congress Blog: Republicans Called 'Emperors of Earmarks' (2007)
• The Nation: The Queen of Earmarks? (2007)
• John Edwards 08 Blog: "Earmarks" & Campaign Finance Should be Bigger Issues (2007)
• Redstate.com: The Earmarks Debate Is Reaching a Fevered Pitch... (2007)
• Senator Tom Coburn: Earmark Toolkit (2006)
• HumanEvents.com: Exposing Earmarks, One by One (2006)
• Google Blog Search: Earmarks

Earmarks Central Figures

• Claire McCaskill
  • Eyewitness News 12 - Kansas: Mo. Lawmakers Praise Bush Economic Plan, Question Earmark Reforms (January 29, 2008)

• David Obey
  • WashingtonPost.com: "In the Democratic Congress, Pork Still Gets Served" (2007)  

• Ted Stevens
  • TPM Muckraker: Ted Stevens Pushing Earmark For Son's Employer (2007)

• John Murtha
  • NewsBusters.org: Media's Love Affair With Murtha Ignores His Pork-Filled Past (2007)

• NASA
  • WashingtonPost.com: "At NASA Hearing, Silence on Earmarks" (2006)  

• Daniel Inouye
  • The Honolulu Advertiser: "Inouye still impressive in bringing home bacon" (2007)

Earmarks Videos and Media

• YouTube and Google Video: Earmarks Search
• YouTube: AFP Foundation Channel  
• YouTube: Live from the Bridge to Nowhere... (Time: 1:51)
• YouTube: Joe Biden on earmarks (Time: 0:30)
• YouTube: CNN takes on Murtha, earmarks (Time: 4:32)