Earmark Reform
LATEST NEWS:
November 20,2008: House Republican leaders propose an earmark moratorium as first step to reforming the earmark process .
March 3, 2008: Earmark lobbyists complain about time spent answering lawmakers’ questions about clients’ pork requests; Threaten a “drop in their contributions” to politicians as a result of new earmark restrictions. Read the article here.
February 20,2008: Survey paints bleak picture of public trust in government.
January 28, 2008: "12-Step Earmark Withdrawal"- read the Wall Street Journal's editorial on Mr. Bush's 2008 executive order on earmarks.
September 12, 2007: Dr. Coburn Requests Oversight Report on Transportation Earmarks - Report criticizes Congress’ wasteful spending. Read all about it here .
July 19, 2007: Senator Coburn Asks Pentagon for Review of Each and Every Defense Earmark. Read the letter here .
June 15, 2007: "House grinds to a halt in rift over earmarks "
June 14, 2007: Read Dr. Coburn's Wall Street Journal column, "Earmarxists "
May 20, 2007: Sen. Coburn, DeMint Say WRDA Bill Violates Congress’ Commitment to Reform Pork Process
April 19, 2007: Stealthy Congress is Keeping Its Bridge to Earmarks; read all about it here.
April 12, 2007: Senate Fiscal Hawks To Force Vote on Earmark Disclosure . Dr. Coburn joined Senators DeMint, Chambliss, Cornyn and Enzi in sending a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell indicating their intention to seek enactment of the Senate's new earmark disclosure requirements.
April 4, 2007: Earmarks Database is Now Live. The Office of Management and Budget today released the much anticipated earmark database ; click here to visit the earmark database.
March 2007: House and Senate pass Emergency War Supplemental Bills loaded with tens of billions of dollars in unrelated pork; President Bush promises veto. Catch up on the latest news on this issue by scrolling through the news links listed below. For highlights, read: “'Peanuts' for Petraeus - Everybody's a General in the Army called Congress ” (Wall Street Journal editorial, March 17, 2007); Dr. Coburn addresses the U.S. Senate on the Emergency War Supplemental Spending Bill (Mar 26, 2007); and “Pork Goes to War ” (Thomas Schatz, New York Times, March 30, 2007).
March 2007 : The Congressional Research Services refuses to report on the number of earmarks in FY08 spending bills. Read "Earmark Cover-Up The Congressional Research Service is helping its masters hide wasteful spending " (John Fund, Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2007).
March 2007: Democrats in disarray; failing to enforce promised ethics guidelines and transparency for earmarks. Catch up on the latest news on this issue by scrolling through the news links listed below. For highlights, read: “Opinion: Democrats practice deviance with earmarks – Will Bush act?” (Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times, March 19, 2007); “(Some) Earmarks Open to Scrutiny” (Paul Singer, Roll Call, March 13, 2007); "Earmark Requests Pulled " (Paul Singer, Roll Call, March 14, 2007).
March 2007 : Senate already breaking earmark moratorium, gears up for 2008 requests, Dr. Coburn writes Chairman Byrd to express concern, March 12, 2007 .
December 15, 2006 : Read Dr. Coburn’s column, “Earmark ban shows Congress can change .”
December 12, 2006: 109th Congress ends pork free; year-long CR expected with no earmarks through October 2007. Dr. Coburn has taken a “trust but verify” approach to a recent pledge by Democratic leadership and incoming chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Obey and Byrd, who drafted a budget plan cutting earmarks through the end of the current federal government fiscal year, pending probable earmark reform measures. Boarding up the earmark favor factory for at least a year is an early Christmas gift to taxpayers – a year-long continuing resolution and earmark moratorium will save billions. In the span of 14 months the Senate went from defending the Bridge to Nowhere by a vote of 82 to 15 to an earmark moratorium. More in the press here: Democrats Freeze Earmarks for Now (The Washington Post); Dems Plan Joint Resolution, No Earmarks (The Hill).
April 15, 2006: Dr. Coburn Launches an Earmark Toolkit Media resources, statistics, graphics and other information for battling pork. "Earmarks" have been in the news a lot lately, but most Americans are not familiar with this inside-the-Beltway phenomenon. And for good reason. If more taxpayers were armed with a full understanding of the shady, undemocratic practice of earmarking, they might just demand an end to it on the spot. Dr. Coburn hopes that's the case and has established this site to empower voters to demand reforms that will place the future quality of life for the next generation above concerns about the next election. This site contains an introduction to earmarks, links to Dr. Coburn's earmark-related hearings, media stories on earmarks, reports by Congressional Research Service and others, oversight letters, legislative and floor action such as bills and amendments, and press releases. Click HERE to read an introduction to EARMARKS: THE MECHANICS OF PORK .
This page will be updated frequently. Browse the long list of the most recent related news articles, press releases and examples of "government waste" on this topic below.
Related Resources:
Hearings:
Press Releases:
Sen. Coburn, DeMint Say WRDA Bill Violates Congress’ Commitment to Reform Pork Process
May 10, 2007
Sen. Tom Coburn
Dr. Coburn Votes Against Defeatist, Pork-Laden Emergency Supplemental Bill
Mar 29, 2007
Dr. Coburn Disappointed by Senate Votes to Preserve Pork in Emergency Spending Bill
Mar 28, 2007
Omnibus Spending Bill is not earmark free
Mar 8, 2007
Dr. Coburn Commends President Bush’s Bold Move Against Pork-Barrel Spending
Mar 8, 2007
Dr. Coburn Says Shorter “Pig Book” Good News for Taxpayers
Mar 7, 2007
Dr. Coburn Criticizes Senate’s Empty Commitment to End Earmarks to Family Members
Jan 18, 2007
Dr. Coburn Commends Senate for Accepting Stronger Earmark Reform
Jan 16, 2007
Dr. Coburn Urges White House to Veto Token Earmark Reform
Jan 9, 2007
Dr. Coburn Comments on 2007 Ag Bill
Dec 4, 2006
Coburn Releases College and University Responses to Earmark Inquiry
Sep 12, 2006
Senate Accepts Coburn Amendments to Defense Authorization Bill
Jun 22, 2006
Coburn Expresses Concern about Pork Projects in Emergency Supplemental Bill
Apr 7, 2006
Coburn, Obama Call For Public Disclosure of All Recipients of Federal Funding
Apr 7, 2006
Coburn Hearing To Focus On Earmark Reform Bill
Mar 14, 2006
Coburn and McCain Put Colleagues on Notice; Each Pork Project to be Challenged on Floor
Jan 26, 2006
Dr. Coburn Questions Democrat Hypocrisy on Pork
Nov 15, 2005
Dr. Coburn Votes Against Pork-Laden Energy and Water Appropriations Conference Report
Nov 15, 2005
Dr. Coburn, Fiscal Watch Team Unveil Plan to Pay for Katrina Spending
Oct 25, 2005
Senate Votes to Protect Funding for Alaska Bridges; Opposes Diverting Funds to Repair Bridge in New Orleans
Oct 21, 2005
Dr. Coburn Votes Against Pork-Laden Homeland Security Bill
Jul 15, 2005
Oversight Actions:
Examples of Government Waste:
City Council Spends $1.5 Million For ‘Hip-Hop Museum' in Bronx
Jul 7, 2006
Uncle Sam funds local projects including a longer bike path, a snow remover for a local department "strategy"???
Jun 14, 2006
House Democrat Appropriator Promises to "Earmark the [BLEEP]" Out of Spending Bills
Jun 14, 2006
Sun Gazette
Funding health care of illegial aliens, "frost emergency" despite great crop year, senior rec center and a train station
Jun 13, 2006
Pigs Can't Fly, but it looks like they have learned how to swim
Jun 13, 2006
Pork threatens NASA plans: Congress' pet projects take $3 billion from budget
Jun 12, 2006
USA Today
House Approves Agriculture Spending Bill With Hundreds of Earmarks
May 29, 2006
Is the Army Corps of Engineers being used as a Congressional Slushfund?
May 14, 2006
A new parking garage in Minnesota!
May 11, 2006
Bridges dodge funding cuts
May 7, 2006
Associated Press
Politically directed earmarks take away from agency mission and budget
May 6, 2006
All About Pork: The Abuse of Earmarks and the Needed Reforms
May 3, 2006
Senate adding to the deficit at a rate of $80 million per minute
Apr 27, 2006
Earmarks are a fiscal distraction, says head of NASA
Apr 26, 2006
Taxpayer dollars flushed at the World Toilet Summit
Apr 21, 2006
NewsOK.com
The Mississippi Railroad Saga Continues . . .
Apr 20, 2006
Millions of your dollars for sidewalks, scenic overlook, urban boulevard, butterflies, bunnies, boats, waterfront ...
Apr 19, 2006
Taxpayers Not Interested in Subsidizing Presidential Campaigns, Lawmakers Angry
Apr 17, 2006
The Senate's Deadly Sin: Larding Up Emergency Appropriations
Apr 17, 2006
Mad tea party
Apr 17, 2006
World Magazine
$5.9 million bridge earmark in Missouri
Apr 11, 2006
Another Earmark to Nowhere
Apr 7, 2006
$700 million to destroy and relocate a rail road in Mississippi
Apr 7, 2006
Report: Powerful Senate Appropriations Committee Members send pork to home states
Apr 5, 2006
News:
Earmark requests call for more information
Mar 5, 2008
By Kevin Bogardus
The Hill
Today's Pork Report
Feb 13, 2008
Today's Pork Report
Feb 12, 2008
Today's Pork Report
Feb 11, 2008
Today's Pork Report
Feb 8, 2008
Congress Earmarks $4.5 Billion for Research
Jan 15, 2008
By JEFFREY BRAINARD
Chronicle of Higher Education
Arts Groups Await Funding Impact as `Earmarking' Is Scrutinized
Aug 9, 2007
By Laurence Arnold
Bloomberg
The GOP's Alaska delegation could become the new poster boys for corruption.
Aug 7, 2007
By JOHN FUND
Wall Street Journal
$7.5B earmarks unclaimed
Jul 17, 2007
By Manu Raju
The Hill
Lawmakers try to save their earmarks
Jul 10, 2007
By Richard Simon and Will Evans
The Los Angeles Times
Americans for Prosperity Releases List of Senate Earmarks to be Included in Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill
Jul 3, 2007
Despite promises, few in House make earmark requests public
Jun 19, 2007
By Drew Griffin and Kathleen Johnston
CNN
Coburn among six Senators not signing up for Earmarks
Jun 15, 2007
Associated Press
360 Degrees: “Keeping them Honest”
Jun 15, 2007
By Anderson Cooper
CNN
Earmarxists
Jun 14, 2007
By Dr. Tom Coburn, U.S. Senator
Wall Street Journal
House grinds to a halt in rift over earmarks
Jun 14, 2007
By Edward Epstein
San Francisco Chronicle
Stevens, Son Press Project
Jun 7, 2007
By Paul Singer,
House Keeps Pet Projects From Scrutiny
Jun 3, 2007
By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press
With or without 'bridge to nowhere,' Gravina highway is a go
Jun 3, 2007
By Melissa Campbell
In the Democratic Congress, Pork Still Gets Served
May 24, 2007
By John Solomon and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Washington Post
Rogers, Murtha to Battle Over Alleged Earmarks Threat
May 23, 2007
By Susan Davis
Roll Call
Obey to Hold Earmarks Until Conference
May 23, 2007
By Steven T. Dennis
Roll Call
Mollohan, Town Do Battle Over Earmark
May 22, 2007
By Paul Singer
Roll Call
Appropriators, OMB differ on how to cut earmarks
May 22, 2007
By Kevin Bogardus
The Hill
Cunningham’s Rise and Fall
May 22, 2007
By Daniel Heim
Roll Call
$8B of pork: Dems take 60 percent
May 22, 2007
By Roxana Tiron and Ilan Wurman
The Hill
U.S. Rep. Mollohan the target of federal investigation
May 20, 2007
By Mark Houser
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Plenty of Projects, No Rules
May 16, 2007
By Paul Singer
Roll Call
Editorial: Senators spending like blindfolded drunken sailors
May 15, 2007
Washington D.C. Examiner
Alaska’s Friends and Family Plan
May 14, 2007
By John Stanton
Roll Call
Religious Groups Reap Federal Aid for Pet Projects
May 13, 2007
By DIANA B. HENRIQUES and ANDREW W. LEHREN
New York Times
White House Wants Projects Removed From WRDA Bill
May 11, 2007
By Terry Kivlan
CongressDailyPM
The Public Trough Is Bigger Than Ever
May 9, 2007
By John Stossel
realclearpolitics.com
Stevens Stops Backing Controversial Board [Salmon Marketing Program]
May 9, 2007
By John Stanton
Roll Call
Baucus not inclined to plan earmark disclosure request
May 3, 2007
By Elana Schor
The Hill
On Earmarks, Nobody Wants to Admit Who's Your Daddy
May 3, 2007
By Barbara F. Hollingsworth
The Examiner
Firms count on Congress for funding
Apr 29, 2007
By PAUL GOODSELL
Omaha World-Herald
Senate reins in NOAA after questions on oyster money
Apr 26, 2007
By Matthew Hay Brown
Baltimore Sun
Ore. Lawmakers Plot To Add Timber Payments In Next Supp
Apr 25, 2007
By Peter Cohn
CongressDailyPM
Stealthy Congress is Keeping Its Bridge to Earmarks
Apr 19, 2007
By Robert Novak
Chicago Sun-Times
Openness Stressed in New 'Earmark' Rules
Apr 17, 2007
By Andrew Taylor
National AP/ Forbes
Senate Fiscal Hawks To Force Vote on Earmark Disclosure
Apr 12, 2007
By Peter Cohn
Congress Daily
Earmarks Database is Now Live
Apr 4, 2007
Kirk Warns Alaska: Bridge To Nowhere Going Nowhere
Apr 4, 2007
By Darren Goode
CongressDailyPM
Sun special report: Oystermen reap federal bounty
Apr 1, 2007
By Rona Kobell and Greg Garland
Baltimore Sun
Three words that changed U.S. politics
Apr 1, 2007
By Bill Adair
St. Petersburg (Florida) Times
Pork Goes to War
Mar 30, 2007
By THOMAS SCHATZ, Op-Ed Contributor
New York Times
Republicans Lash Out at Supplemental Earmarks
Mar 29, 2007
By John Stanton
Roll Call
Senate's Bold Proposal for Iraq: Sugar Beets and Rural Schools -- in the U.S.
Mar 29, 2007
By Dana Milbank
Washington Post
Senate's Final Passage Of $122B War Supplemental In Sight - Coburn Comes Within Six Votes of Stripping Out $100 Million in Security Funding for Next Year's Presidential Nominating Conventions
Mar 29, 2007
By By Peter Cohn and Terry Kivlan
Approps Vows To Cut Earmarks
Mar 28, 2007
By John Stanton
Roll Call
Panel provides guidance on ‘financial interest’
Mar 27, 2007
By Jackie Kucinich
The Hill
Pet Projects Tough to Trim from Iraq Spending Bill
Mar 27, 2007
By AP Staff
CNN (AP)
Senate ‘emergency’ war bill has almost $20 billion in domestic spending tacked onto it
Mar 27, 2007
By Charles Hurt
The (DC) Examiner
GOP Senators Try To Strip Spinach From Supplemental ... As Coburn Targets Spending On Nominating Conventions
Mar 26, 2007
By by Terry Kivlan and Peter Cohn
CongressDailyPM
Dr. Coburn addresses the U.S. Senate on the Emergency War Supplemental Spending Bill
Mar 26, 2007
Earmark Cover-Up - The Congressional Research Service is helping its masters hide wasteful spending.
Mar 26, 2007
By JOHN FUND
Wall Street Journal
Tropical Fish With Your Pork?
Mar 26, 2007
By Mike Allen
The Politico
Nonprofit leaders express dismay at lack of federal oversight
Mar 25, 2007
By Sam Bishop
Fairbanks News-Miner (Alaska)
Saying No to Pork - Sen. Tom Coburn Wants to Stop Frivolous Government Spending
Mar 22, 2007
By John Stossel & Myrna Toledo
ABC News
Senate Appropriations Approves Iraq Supplemental With a Few Extra Earmarks
Mar 22, 2007
By John Stanton
Roll Call
Obey Extends Deadline For Members' Earmark Requests
Mar 21, 2007
By Peter Cohn, with Christian Bourge contributing
House extends earmark deadline
Mar 21, 2007
Earmark Rules Sow Confusion for Lobbyists
Mar 21, 2007
By Kate Ackley
Roll Call
More House ethics confusion reigns, this time on earmarks
Mar 21, 2007
By Jackie Kucinich
The Hill
Mississippi Courthouse Earmark Receiving Funding Despite Pork Moratorium; Plans Underway to Name the Courthouse After Its Senate Sponsor
Mar 20, 2007
By Ana Radelat
The Clarion-Ledger
Opinion: Democrats practice deviance with earmarks – Will Bush act?
Mar 19, 2007
By Robert Novak
Chicago Sun-Times
'Peanuts' for Petraeus - Everybody's a General in the Army called Congress.
Mar 17, 2007
By Editorial
Wall Street Journal
Opinion: Pigs Close to Home - Fighting state excess
Mar 16, 2007
By Stephen Spruiell
National Review
Lewis Asks Obey For Extension Of Earmark Deadline
Mar 16, 2007
By Peter Cohn
CongressDailyPM
Loophole in Gift Ban Allows Government-Funded Freebies
Mar 15, 2007
By Ken Dilanian
USA Today
An intense lobbying campaign defeats Sen. Danforth and buries the opposition to academic earmarks.
Mar 15, 2007
By Robert G. Kaiser
Washington Post
"Bridge to Nowhere" Update
Mar 14, 2007
By KYLE HOPKINS
Anchorage Daily News
Democrats object to Republicans making earmark requests public; Republicans can't figure out for themselves what a financial conflict of interest is
Mar 14, 2007
Roll Call
Colleges Get Pass to Lobby Lawmakers at Sporting Events, Watchdog Group Complains
Mar 14, 2007
By JEFFREY BRAINARD
Chronicle of Higher Education
Earmark Requests Pulled
Mar 14, 2007
By Paul Singer
Roll Call
Stanislaus officials lobby Congress for funds
Mar 14, 2007
By MICHAEL DOYLE
ScrippsNews
(Some) Earmarks Open to Scrutiny
Mar 13, 2007
By Paul Singer
Roll Call
Senate already breaking earmark moratorium, gears up for 2008 requests
Mar 12, 2007
The Great American Earmark Scramble
Mar 12, 2007
By Rebecca Carr
Cox News Service
Less Pork-Barrel Spending by Congress This Year
Mar 9, 2007
By Gail Russell Chaddock
Christian Science Monitor
House May Revise Ethics Rules to Address Private Jet Issue
Mar 8, 2007
By Matthew Murray
Roll Call
Universities Get Free Pass on New House Ethics Rules
Mar 8, 2007
By Fredreka Schouten
USA Today
Don’t Pig Out-The Time for Celebration Has Not Yet Come
Mar 7, 2007
By Stephen Spruiell
The Wasteland
‘Letter’ of Earmarks Law Tough to Follow
Mar 6, 2007
By Susan Davis
Roll Call
Attention, Earmark Shoppers!
Mar 3, 2007
By David Baumann
National Journal, Congressional Chronicle
Agencies instructed to ignore "backdoor" earmarks
Mar 1, 2007
Will you pass the Pork
Feb 24, 2007
By Pat Boone
Worldnetdaily.com
Cost of Alaskan Bridge Goes Up by $67 Million; Bridge Itself Still Goes to Nowhere
Feb 23, 2007
By Stephen Spruiell
National Review
The Wasteland - Misadventures in government spending.
Feb 23, 2007
By Stephen Spruiell
National Review Online
Pork hunter
Feb 16, 2007
By Becky Perry
World Magazine
Bridge to Nowhere costs skyrocket by $67 million
Feb 12, 2007
Alaska Report
Bridge to Nowhere costs skyrocket by $67 million
Feb 12, 2007
Alaska Report
Energy Department will Shun Earmarks
Feb 9, 2007
By Peter Cohn
Congress Daily
Members Earmarking Without Earmarks
Feb 7, 2007
By Kate Ackley and John Stanton
Roll Call
Palin's transition team finds morale problems in Southeast
Feb 6, 2007
Associated Press
Democrats' Spending Plan Preserves Agricultural Research Funds and Supports NIH Roadmap Project
Feb 6, 2007
By JEFFREY BRAINARD
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APPROPRIATIONS - CR Debate Might Portend How Chambers Relate For FY08
Feb 2, 2007
By Peter Cohn
Congress Daily (National Journal)
BUDGET - Taxpayer Groups Say FY06 Earmarks Should Be Ignored
Feb 2, 2007
CongressDaily (National Journal)
CR Debate Might Portend How Chambers Relate For FY08
Feb 2, 2007
By Peter Cohn
Congress Daily
Letters to the Editor: Keeping His Word
Jan 31, 2007
The Oklahoman
Appropriations – Lewis urging Republicans to oppose CR
Jan 31, 2007
By Peter Cohn
Congress Daily
Democrats' Spending Plan Preserves Agricultural Research Funds and Supports NIH Roadmap Project
Jan 31, 2007
By JEFFREY BRAINARD
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Earmarks, Revisited
Jan 31, 2007
By Kate Ackley
Roll Call
Ninth bunker - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’s decision invalidates a rider inserted by Sen. Larry Craig into a conference report
Jan 31, 2007
By Editorial
The Hill
Appropriations - GOP Prepares For Battle As Dems Propose Long-Term CR
Jan 30, 2007
By Peter Cohn, with Greta Wodele and Fawn Johnson contributing
Congress Daily PM
Court ruling on salmon hooks pork
Jan 30, 2007
By Elana Schor
The Hill
GOP Prepares For Battle As Dems Propose Long-Term CR
Jan 30, 2007
CongressDailyPM
'There are going to be weeds to dig through’
Jan 30, 2007
By Jim Snyder
The Hill
White House to post earmark info online
Jan 29, 2007
By Matthew Weigelt
Federal Computer Week
White House to post earmark info online
Jan 29, 2007
By Matthew Weigelt
Federal Computer Week
Democrats' Budget Bill Halts Many Earmarks
Jan 29, 2007
By DAVID ROGERS
Wall Street Journal
A deal in the desert for Sen. Reid? A bill he wrote could have affected the friend who sold the land.
Jan 28, 2007
By Chuck Neubauer and Tom Hamburger
House Sets Vote On Continuing Resolution For Next Week
Jan 25, 2007
By Peter Cohn
National Journal Group
CBO Revises Forecast For FY07 Deficit Sharply Downward
Jan 24, 2007
By Peter Cohn
Congress Daily
Editorial: Keep the pressure on
Jan 22, 2007
Baltimore Sun
Senate Passes Ethics Overhaul
Jan 22, 2007
Congressional Quarterly
K Street Paradox
Jan 22, 2007
By Kate Ackley
Roll Call
Contractor Proves Key In Two Federal Probes - Investigations Promise to Keep Alive Controversy Over Congressional Earmarks
Jan 19, 2007
By SCOT J. PALTROW
Wall Street Journal
Sen. Stevens steered funds to nonprofit
Jan 18, 2007
By Sam Bishop
News-Miner Washington
Senate Democrats fight proposal to ban relatives lobbying
Jan 18, 2007
USA Today
Federal road funding coming, Byrd, Jay say $110 million in budget, senators vow
Jan 18, 2007
By Tom Searls
The Charleston Gazette (West Virginia)
One University's Pork Is Another's Bomb Simulator
Jan 18, 2007
By Voice Staff Writer
SHINING LIGHT ON PET PROJECTS
Jan 18, 2007
By Staff Reports
Freemarketnews.com
Sen. Stevens steered funds to nonprofit
Jan 18, 2007
By Sam Bishop
News-Miner (Alaska)
Senate Joins House to Cut the Secrecy That Hides Congressional Earmarks
Jan 17, 2007
By JEFFREY BRAINARD
The Chronicle of Higher Education
U.S. Senate tries to restore reputation with voters
Jan 17, 2007
By Jim Abrams
The Associated Press
Editorial: Ethical Progress
Jan 16, 2007
Washington Post
Democrats Put Pork Lovers in Academe on a Diet - Congress plans to give close scrutiny to earmarks, freezing them in 2007
Jan 16, 2007
By JEFFREY BRAINARD
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Opinion: Reid inspires earmark reformers
Jan 15, 2007
By Robert Novak
Chicago Sun-Times
Testing Reid's Ethical Limits
Jan 15, 2007
By Robert D. Novak
The Washington Post
Stevens fined for failure to disclose
Jan 12, 2007
By LISA DEMER
Anchorage Daily News
Senate Stuck Over Earmark Rules
Jan 12, 2007
By Jonathan Allen and Martin Kady II
Congressional Quarterly
Democrats Stumble on Special Projects
Jan 12, 2007
By Jim Abrams
The Associated Press
Senate Democrats stall pork-reform vote
Jan 12, 2007
By S.A. Miller
Washington Times
Ben Stevens faces maximum fine
Jan 10, 2007
By RICHARD MAUER and LISA DEMER
Anchorage Daily News
Senators Say Ethics Bill Too Weak
Jan 9, 2007
By Jonathan Allen and Martin Kady II
Congressional Quarterly
GOP Earmark Epiphany
Jan 4, 2007
By REVIEW & OUTLOOK
The Wall Street Journal
Bush Urges Congress to Cut Earmarks by Half Next Year
Jan 3, 2007
By Martha Angle
Congressional Quarterly
At Issue: Earmarking: Federal funding process hits snag
Dec 31, 2006
By JIM MYERS
Tulsa World
Strings Attached: As Earmarked Funding Swells, Some Recipients Don't Want It
Dec 26, 2006
By Brody Mullins
Wall Street Journal
"Earmarks" for '07 projects erased
Dec 25, 2006
By Anne C. Mulkern
The Denver Post
Pork No Longer Paves the Road to Re-election
Dec 25, 2006
By TIMOTHY EGAN
New York Times
KANSAS EARMARKS LIKELY TO BE LOST
Dec 24, 2006
The Wichita Eagle (Kansas)
Canceled funding may hurt the needy
Dec 24, 2006
By Eagle Washington Bureau
The Wichita Eagle (Kansas)
Subpoenas May Signal Wider Probe Into Son of Sen. Stevens
Dec 22, 2006
By John Stanton
Roll Call
Opinion: Trimming the fat from pork-barrel politics
Dec 18, 2006
By Donald Lambro
TownHall.com
Congress's Inaction Threatens Funding - Avoiding Spending Bills, Hill Causes Crunch
Dec 17, 2006
By Jonathan Weisman and Lori Montgomery
Washington Post
And now the ethics-challenged Mollohan
Dec 16, 2006
The Washington Times
Editorial: Inaction plan
Dec 16, 2006
The Oklahoman
Opinion: Earmarks of lamed pork
Dec 15, 2006
By Matt Kibbe
Washington Times
Lott’s son railroaded by ‘railroad to nowhere’?
Dec 15, 2006
Washington Examiner
Byrd-Obey Approps Move Puzzles OMB, Lobbyists
Dec 14, 2006
By Emily Pierce and Kate Ackley
Roll Call
Democrats' Plan to Hold Spending at '06 Levels Will Eliminate Earmarks, Cost Academe in Other Ways
Dec 13, 2006
By JEFFREY BRAINARD and ANNIE SHUPPY
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Time out for earmarks
Dec 13, 2006
By EDITORIAL
Los Angeles Times
Democrats Freeze Earmarks for Now
Dec 12, 2006
By Shailagh Murray and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post
Dems plan joint resolution, no earmarks
Dec 12, 2006
By Elana Schor
The Hill
Subpoena may signal a wider corruption
Dec 10, 2006
By RICHARD MAUER
Anchorage Daily News
Montgomery Advertiser editors question president of Bishop State Community College - Financial abuses called 'pervasive'
Dec 10, 2006
By Editorial
The Montgomery Advertiser
Better Late Than Never: Two Republicans take a stand against profligate spending.
Nov 27, 2006
By John Fund
Wall Street Journal
As Power Shifts in New Congress, Pork May Linger
Nov 24, 2006
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
New York Times
Millions in Alaska earmarks stall in Congress
Nov 23, 2006
By SAM BISHOP, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Anchorage Daily News
$10 million Joslyn project features sculpture garden
Nov 13, 2006
Beatrice Daily Sun (Beatrice, Nebraska)
Speaker-to-be is no stranger to earmarking
Nov 13, 2006
By Noam N. Levey and Richard Simon
Los Angeles Times
Will the pork stop here?
Nov 13, 2006
By Chuck Neubauer and Tom Hamburger
Los Angeles Times
Will a Democratic Congress derail Alaska's pork train?
Nov 10, 2006
By Mark Thiessen
Juneau Empire
Congressman's Favors for Friend Include Help in Secret Budget
Nov 1, 2006
By JOHN R. WILKE
Wall Street Journal
Despite fallout from earmarks, some lawmakers see advantages
Nov 1, 2006
By Patrick O’Connor
The Hill
Lewis’ Legal Bills Soar Past $800K
Oct 31, 2006
By Paul Kane
Roll Call
Weldon earmark is study in the ways of the Hill
Oct 31, 2006
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Who brings the most bacon home to Montana?
Oct 31, 2006
How Congressional Earmarks Undermine Local Decision Making
Oct 29, 2006
By Pat Stith
The News & Observer
Mondale, Strom condemn DM&E loan
Oct 28, 2006
By Dan Linehan
The Free Press
College tuition, fees up 6.3% at 4-year public schools, 5.9% at private 4-year colleges
Oct 24, 2006
By Justin Pope
Associated Press
Specter Mulls Labor-HHS Without Earmarks
Oct 24, 2006
By Emily Pierce and Erin P. Billings
Roll Call
Another earmark, another fix
Oct 24, 2006
By Editorial
The Courier-Journal
Nowhere bridge may get a road
Oct 23, 2006
The Anchorage Daily News
Security caves to AIDS gala; “We’re saving lives!” says organizer in response to noise complaints.
Oct 16, 2006
By Yeas and Nays
DC Examiner
Relatives have 'inside track' in lobbying for tax dollars
Oct 16, 2006
USA Today
Relatives have 'inside track' in lobbying for tax dollars
Oct 16, 2006
By Matt Kelley and Peter Eisler
USA Today
U.S. Research Budget for Homeland Security Shrinks, but Defense Earmarks Survive
Oct 13, 2006
By JEFFREY BRAINARD and KELLY FIELD
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Pols carefully hide pork in defense bill
Oct 12, 2006
By ROBERT NOVAK
Chicago Sun-Times
Pork or Public Service?
Oct 12, 2006
By Brian McNeill
Connection Newspapers
Bringing It Home: Seat in Congress Helps Mr. Taylor Help His Business
Oct 11, 2006
By JOHN R. WILKE
Wall Street Journal
FBI Agent Pulled Files on Specter
Oct 10, 2006
By John Stanton
Roll Call
$8 million earmark has "produced few tangible results while spawning several state and federal investigations" while enriching lobbyists
Oct 10, 2006
By John Stanton
Roll Call
Having split the atom and put a man on the moon, the federal government has funded its most ambitious project yet.
Oct 6, 2006
By Patrick Hruby
ESPN.com
Why did Congress kill DOD earmarks report card?
Oct 5, 2006
By Editorial
The Washington DC Examiner
Attempt to Conceal Earmarks Stalls Defense Bill
Sep 30, 2006
By ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
Defense Appropriations for Basic Research Contain Only Slight Cut in Pork
Sep 28, 2006
By JEFFREY BRAINARD
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Pork defense doesn’t jive
Sep 26, 2006
Muskogee Phoenix
Not Us, Senator
Sep 22, 2006
By David Baumann
National Journal's CongressDailyPM
Chabot aims earmarks at places linked to donors
Sep 19, 2006
By Jonathan Allen
The Hill
Senate Struggles on Earmarks
Sep 18, 2006
By Tory Newmyer and Kate Ackley
Roll Call
Despite Pledges, Congress Clings to Pet Projects
Sep 14, 2006
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
The New York Times
U.S. Senator Criticizes Colleges That Ignore His Request for Details on Earmarks
Sep 13, 2006
By Jeffrey Brainard
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Universities get bad advice from inside the beltway - law firm offer indicates hopes of cashing in on routine congressional inquiry
Sep 12, 2006
The liberal case for pork
Sep 12, 2006
By Bradford Plumer
The New Republic Online
Bring Out Your Pork
Sep 8, 2006
The New York Times
Durbin earmark's defeat no sign of reform
Aug 17, 2006
By ROBERT NOVAK
Chicago Sun Times
Editorial: Freedom of Information Act turns 40 today
Jul 5, 2006
By Editorial
Washington Examiner
Hiring Federal Lobbyists, Towns Learn Money Talks
Jul 2, 2006
By JODI RUDOREN and ARON PILHOFER
New York Times
On Right and Left, a Push for Government Openness
Jul 2, 2006
By Jason DeParle
The New York Times
Pork Threatens NASA Plans
Jun 12, 2006
By John Kelly
USA Today
When Pork-Barrel Pols Aren't Enough
Jun 7, 2006
By Eamon Javers
BusinessWeek Online
Rise of Lobbyist Shines a Light on House Ties
Jun 5, 2006
By David D. Kirkpatrick
New York Times
House Spending Panel Is Popular Launching Pad for Lobbyists
Jun 1, 2006
By Kristin Jensen & Jonathan D. Salant
Bloomberg.com
House Approves Agriculture Spending Bill With Hundreds of Earmarks
May 25, 2006
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Endangered Incumbents Claim Earmarks
May 25, 2006
CongressDailyAM
Priorities of Earmarks Are Disputed
May 24, 2006
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post
Earmarks infection
May 24, 2006
By James C. Miller III
The Washington Times
Railroad Earmark Cut From Supplemental
May 22, 2006
By Liriel Higa
Congressional Quarterly
Op-Ed: Spending Syndrome
May 22, 2006
By Dan K. Thomasson
Washington Times
Supplemental Negotiators Likely To Drop Miss. Rail Project
May 22, 2006
By Peter Cohn
National Journal
Republican Clash Over Earmarks Gets Ugly
May 22, 2006
By Martin Kady II
Congressional Quarterly
Editorial: Ship of Pork
May 22, 2006
By Opinion
The Washington Post
Pork Storm
May 19, 2006
By Elizabeth MacDonald
Forbes.com
Pull Water Projects Out of the Pork Barrel
May 19, 2006
By Editorial
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Earmark Loopholes
May 19, 2006
By Editorial
Wall Street Journal
Congressional Challengers Call for Earmark Reforms
May 18, 2006
By Jackie Kucinich
The Hill
Dozens of museums rely on repeat earmarks for general operating expenses
May 17, 2006
Congressman's Condo Deal Is Examined
May 17, 2006
By Jodi Rudoren and Aron Pilhofer
The New York Times
'Earthquake in Pennsylvania'
May 17, 2006
By Brad Bumsted and Debra Erdley
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Murtha Sparks Pork Envy
May 17, 2006
By Alexander Bolton
The Hill
Anonymous House Earmarks Continue Despite Heat
May 16, 2006
By David Rogers
The Wall Street Journal Online
Rep. Calvert's Land of Plenty
May 15, 2006
By Tom Hamburger, Lance Pugmire and Richard Simon
Los Angeles Times
Dept. of Justice Signals Wider Probe
May 15, 2006
By John Bresnahan
Roll Call
West Virginia Democrat is Scrutinized
May 15, 2006
By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Washington Post
In Kentucky Hills, a Homeland Security Bonanza
May 14, 2006
By Eric Lipton
New York Times
Rep. Cunningham's Plea Was Only the Start
May 13, 2006
By Seth Hettena
Associated Press
House Appropriations Chairman Subject of Earmarks Investigation
May 12, 2006
By Jerry Kammer and Dean Calbreath
Copley News Service
House Appropriations Chairman Surfaces in Probe of Cunningham
May 11, 2006
By Peter Pae
Los Angeles Times
Loopholes in earmark reform bills
May 11, 2006
By Elana Schor
The Hill
Sen. Tom Coburn interview
May 11, 2006
By Charles Hurt
Washington Times
House Conservatives Encourage Leadership to Keep Pork Out of the "Emergency" Supplemental
May 10, 2006
Should Members of Congress list their names next to their earmarks?
May 8, 2006
Roll Call
Politically directed earmarks take away from agency mission and budget
May 7, 2006
Editorial: Potent Coburn
May 3, 2006
The Hill
Editorial: Senate going hog wild
May 2, 2006
Philadelphia Inquirer
Bold Bid To Cut 'Pork' In Congress
May 2, 2006
By Gail Russell Chaddock
The Christian Science Monitor
Spending Hawks are ‘making their point, slowly but surely’
May 2, 2006
By Jonathan Allen
The Hill
Dr. Coburn Launches an Earmark Toolkit
May 1, 2006
Opinion: Casting off appropriators' tyranny
May 1, 2006
By Robert Novak
Chicago Sun-Times
Editorial: ‘Emergency’ earmark steers $500M to cash-rich Northrop Grumman
Apr 27, 2006
The Examiner
President opposes extra spending unrelated to war and hurricane recovery, puts Senate on notice
Apr 26, 2006
Earmarks are a fiscal distraction, says NASA head
Apr 26, 2006
Washington Post
Reducing Federal Corruption
Apr 26, 2006
By Chris Edwards
Cato Institute
Democrat Leaves Ethics Panel
Apr 22, 2006
By Jonathan Weisman
The Washington Post
Mollohan to Step Down From Ethics Post
Apr 21, 2006
By John Bresnahan
Roll Call
Americans for Prosperity Unveils “www.RailroadToNowhere .com”
Apr 20, 2006
Opinion: The Evil of Earmarks and Some Congressional Courage
Apr 19, 2006
By Paul M. Weyrich
Free Congress Foundation
The Minority Maker: The clever GOP strategy for defeat in November
Apr 13, 2006
By Editorial
Wall Street Journal
Exposing government waste
Apr 11, 2006
By Steve Muscatello
Townhall.com
Appropriations, Local Ties, and Now a Probe of a Legislator
Apr 7, 2006
By JOHN R. WILKE
Wall Street Journal
New Pig book details billions of dollars of taxpayer money spent on pork
Apr 5, 2006
Local earmarking is controversial but legislators say the state benefits
Mar 26, 2006
By MARY ORNDORFF News Washington correspondent
The Birmingham News (Alabama)
Earmark discussion goes largely unheard
Mar 17, 2006
By Chris Casteel
The Daily Oklahoman
Republicans slam pork spending
Mar 17, 2006
By Christina Bellantoni
The Washington Times
Call it 'pork' or 'earmarks,' Coburn is right to object
Feb 14, 2006
By Editorial
The Norman Transcript (Oklahoma)
Just Say No to Earmarks
Feb 10, 2006
By Tom Coburn
Wall Street Journal
Lawmakers seek to rein in raging pork
Feb 5, 2006
By DOUG ABRAHMS
Gannett News Service
In Energy Work, One Hand Giveth and the Other Taketh
Feb 3, 2006
By Matthew L. Wald
New York Times
In Energy Work, One Hand Giveth and the Other Taketh
Feb 2, 2006
By MATTHEW L. WALD
The New York Times
Reforms to Nowhere
Jan 31, 2006
By Ramesh Ponnuru
National Review Online
Pork endangered
Jan 30, 2006
By Robert Novak
Chicago Sun Times
Earmarks Prominent in Lobbying Overhaul
Jan 20, 2006
By Liriel Higa and Steven T. Dennis
Congressional Quarterly
Changing the Culture of Congress
Jan 10, 2006
By Bruce Bartlett
Creators Syndicate
Marks for Sharks
Jan 9, 2006
By John Fund
Wall Street Journal
Potomac Fever
Dec 12, 2005
By Chris Edwards
National Review
Clueless Congress
Nov 28, 2005
Chicago Tribune
Delegation defends delivering the 'pork'
Nov 27, 2005
By James R. Carroll
The Courier-Journal (Louisville)
Rerouting the bridges to nowhere
Nov 23, 2005
By Rebecca Clarren
Salon.com
No Way to Run a Whorehouse
Nov 22, 2005
By PAUL E. SCATES
Dakota Voice
Specter’s pork chop riles sens.
Nov 16, 2005
By Alexander Bolton
The Hill
Some in GOP Regretting Pork-Stuffed Highway Bill
Nov 5, 2005
By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post
Sadly, Coburn's pork-busting is rebuked
Oct 24, 2005
By Editorial
The Oklahoman
YOUR MONEY FLYING FISH
Oct 4, 2005
By ELIZABETH VARGAS
ABC News Transcripts
Money Flowed to Questionable Projects
Sep 8, 2005
By Michael Grunwald
Washington Post
The Katrina Relief Effort: Congress Should Redirect Highway Earmark Funding to a Higher Purpose
Sep 2, 2005
By Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.
Heritage Foundation, WebMemo
Pork: A Microcosm of the Overspending Problem
Aug 1, 2005
By Chris Edwards
Cato Institute
We taxpayers are our own Santa Claus
Dec 24, 2003
By DAVID WEBBER
Senator Tom Coburn
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2254 Fax: 202-228-3796