Obama Releases Earmarks

[Kingstree]

Obama Releases Earmarks, Other White House Candidates Decline to Follow
Roll Call | June 21, 2007
Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) decision to release the earmark requests he has submitted this year has been met largely with the sound of crickets from his fellow Congressional candidates for the White House, none of whom as of press time had taken up the challenge and released their own.

On Wednesday morning Obama released a list of roughly 100 proposed earmarks that he had submitted to the Appropriations Committee this year. As would be expected, the requests are for largely benign items, ranging from funding for AIDS programs to Army Corps of Engineers projects in the Chicagoland area.

With the exception of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), all of Obama's opponents for the presidency currently serving in Congress also make requests for earmarks during the annual appropriations process.

At press time, only spokespeople for McCain and Reps. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Ron Paul (R-Texas) had responded to a request for comment from Roll Call. Spokespersons for Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), Joseph Biden (D-Del.) and Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), as well as Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) had not returned calls for comment.

[slick8790]

1. Good for Obama

Nice to see someone not afraid to take responsibility for their actions. Wish all the candidates had to do this.

[ellisonz]

2. Transparency.

Hillary Clinton (D-Punjab).

[eweaver155]

4. Lets see if all those who are running for election release their earmarks

[ProgressiveAmPatriot]

3. Link please? n/t

[Kingstree]

6. Could not access the link

Sorry about that

[tammywammy]

7. here's two

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/288846/obama_fulfills_his_pledge_for_open.html

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/19093-1.html

[illinoisprogressive]

5. because everyone else is spineless and chicken.

[eweaver155]

8. His earmarks Link Provided

http://obama.senate.gov/press/070621-obama_announces_3/

[mckeown1128]

9. Gobama!!!

[polichick]

10. Good move Obamababy!

Earmarks are pretty telling ~ wonder who'll follow suit.

[rhombus]

11. Right move definitely

We need others to follow suit.