Can you guess which Senator said this one year ago this week?
“we can no longer accept a process that doles out earmarks based on a member of Congress’ seniority, rather than the merit of the project. We can no longer accept an earmarks process that has become so complicated to navigate that a municipality or non-profit group has to hire high-priced D.C. lobbyists to do it. And we can no longer accept an earmarks process in which many of the projects being funded fail to address the real needs of our country.”
a) Jim DeMint of South Carolina
b) Tom Coburn of Oklahoma
c) John McCain of Arizona
d) Any Republican with common sense
e) Barack Obama of Illinois
And the answer is:
Barack Hussein Obama
On March 11, 2009, President Obama signed legislation with over 9,000 earmarks in it. Now this is change we can believe in!
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