Like OT, caught in another lie.............................
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Obama Catches Grief for Spending Bill Earmark
Washington Post /Sleuth ^
As Jonathan Allen of Congressional Quarterly reports, Obama, who took a "no-earmark pledge" during his presidential campaign, is listed as a cosponsor of a $7.7 million set-aside in the FY09 omnibus spending bill approved by the House on Wednesday.
Woops. That's not at all what White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said.
On Wednesday, Gibbs said of earmarks in the bill, "There aren't any from him that I know of in that omnibus largely because there weren't any that were requested last year."
The request for the set-aside with Obama's name on it was submitted many months ago, when the president was still a senator.
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