Bush Squeezed on Earmarks

White House Mulls Options

• By John Stanton
• Roll Call Staff
• Jan. 22, 2008, Midnight

Under pressure from anti-earmark conservatives on one side and senior appropriators on the other, the White House has remained tight-lipped about whether President Bush will end up addressing the more than 10,000 earmarks included in the fiscal 2008 omnibus appropriations bill.