Battle Afoot Over Earmark Cut

By Steven T. Dennis
Roll Call Staff
Jan. 26, 2009, 12 a.m.

Tucked deep inside President Barack Obama’s new White House Web site last week was a little-noticed campaign pledge that is already causing heartburn on Capitol Hill: a commitment to slash earmarks back to 1994 levels, a nearly 75 percent cut from 2006.



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