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OUE earmarks $530m to build 38-storey tower - Singapore
2008-05-10 00:22:00 OUE earmarks $530m to build 38-storey tower - Singapore  Tenants of existing block given till end of this month to vacate premises By Joyce Teo, Property Correspondent RISING SOON: The OUB Centre Tower 2, seen here in an artist’s impression, is expected to fetch rental rates of $15 psf to $16 psf. — OUE  THE fitness chain True Yoga will have to find a new position to assume in the business district after one of its outlets got its marching orders, but it might be a bit of a stretch given the shortage of office space. True Yoga and other tenants, including chemist Watsons and the Denise wine shop, must leave the retail block at the OUB Centre at Raffles Place to make way for a $530 million office tower. The yoga and fitness centre, which takes up more than 30,000 sq ft across four floors of the low-rise retail podium, will close at midnight next Thursday. The other tenants must leave by the end of this month. True Yoga has not yet secured another site, but its clien...
Clinton: $2.3B in earmarks
2008-04-29 21:06:00 federal earmarks for 2009, almost three times the largest amount received by a single senator this year" href="http://thehill.com/leadin-g-the-news/clinton-2.3b-in-earm-arks-2008-04-28.html">Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has requested nearly $2.3 billion in federal earmarks for 2009, almost three times the largest amount received by a single senator this year. The Democratic presidential candidate?s staggering request comes at a time when Congress remains engaged in a heated debate over spending federal dollars on parochial projects. It also has gained traction on the campaign trail. Presumptive GOP nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), a longtime foe of earmarks, has called for eliminating what he dubs ?wasteful Washington spending.? Democratic front-runner Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) has spurned earmarks, seeking no funds for pet projects in the upcoming fiscal year. Yet Clinton is continuing to request billions for earmarks, most of which will go to her home state. The money is ...
House GOP Struggling With Dealing With Earmarks
2008-04-23 01:53:00 Running on a platform that promotes smaller Government and less spending, but did just the opposite when in power to lead the Majority in 2006 into the Minority of 2008, the House GOP members are still figuring out how to deal with earmarks as a Party: House Republicans, who had hoped to restore their fiscal credibility ...
John McCain Lays Out his Economic Agenda
2008-04-16 04:34:00 Here’s a transcript from Senator McCain’s speech at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg, earlier today. Here’s a transcript. I’ve added links to videos at the bottom: Thank you. I appreciate the hospitality of the Allegheny Business Conference… the Pittsburgh Tech Council… and the students and faculty of Carnegie Mellon University. We have a strong showing this ...
Senator Chuck Hagel On Hannity & Colmes: Stop Big Government Spending, the
2008-04-12 00:09:00 So on March 26th, Senator Chuck Hagel the Great (R-NE) was interviewed by Sean Hannity the Great (R) and Alan Colmes (D) on the Hannity & Colmesshow, to discuss the war in Iraq, conservativism, government spending, and his new book America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers. Here’s a video of the interview: And here’s a ...
Must Read Illumination of ?Earmarks? by the Honorable Ron Paul
2008-04-11 07:16:00 Earmarks are given a bad name through ignorance of their process and power hungry central administrators who want more power over the use of Federal government revenues. The Constitution says the Congress is in charge of Federal government spending, NOT the executive branch (the administrator of law ONLY). Please read the article, digest its meaning and spread ...
By: Ponderthis...
Murtha's Earmarks. . .
2008-04-07 22:22:00 Apparently John Murtha's pork barrel spending is so egregious that even the Drive By's can't ignore it anymore. I can't believe Katie Koran Couric let this piece go on the air. Reporters who report this kind of democrat sleaze usually do not make it very long (John Stossel being the exception). She just may find a dead horse in her bed. more pork. . . Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
Marks Makes Earmarks Pledge
2008-03-26 14:00:00 In the race for the Republican nomination in the Seventh Congressional District one candidate continues to stand out above the rest. Mayor Martin Marks of Scoth Plains most recently stepped up to the plate in relation to earmark reform. Last week Mayor Marks signed the earmarks pledge sponsored by Citizens Against Government Waste. You can ...
Senators can’t lop off those earmarks
2008-03-14 18:12:00 http://www.latimes.com/news/pri-ntedition/asection/la-na-earmar-ks14mar14,1,7907222.story By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Even the entreaties of the three senators running for president weren’t enough to persuade their colleagues Thursday to curb their appetite for earmarks — the practice of designating federal dollars for pet projects. Senators soundly rejected a one-year moratorium backed by the presidential hopefuls — Republican John McCain and Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton — even though it put senators from both parties at odds with their presidential contenders.
By: I Call BS!
Obama's Earmarks. . . .
2008-03-14 14:47:00 Barack Obama recently came out against earmarks and says he will not take any this year. TOO LATE!!!! From Byron York: "In 2006, the Chicago Tribune reported that Mrs. Obama?s compensation at the University of Chicago Hospital, where she is a vice president for community affairs, jumped from $121,910 in 2004, just before her husband was elected to the Senate, to $316,962 in 2005, just after he... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
Obama lists his earmarks, asking Clinton for hers
2008-03-14 07:42:00 Senator Barack Obama on Thursday released a list of $740 million in earmarked spending requests that he had made over the last three years, and his campaign challenged Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to do the same.
By: Get rich
McCain Press Release: Statement By John McCain On Banning Earmarks
2008-03-13 21:29:00 [McCain Campaign Press Release from March 13, 2008] Statement By John McCain On Banning Earmarks ARLINGTON, VA — U.S. Senator John McCain today issued the following statement calling for a stop to earmarks: “I am proud to have fought against the practice of earmarking and wasteful pork-barrel spending. It has often been a lonely fight, but one I ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "McCain Press Release: Statement By John McCain On Banning Earmarks", url: "http://2008central.net/2008/03-/13/mccain-press-release-statem-ent-by-john-mccain-on-banning-e-armarks/" });
By: 2008 Central
Earmark Moratorium
2008-03-13 00:26:00 Senator Jim Demint on banning Earmarks. And guess who popped his big head in opposition to the earmarks, my great Senator Turbin Durbin
By: Stix Blog
John McCain Lying About "Earmarks" - He's Got Several Of Them
2008-02-14 21:03:00 Today on Fox News -- I was watching while writing about Kofi Bonner -- John McCain attacked Senator Barack Obama for taking earmarks, even though Obama has reported his earmarks. But in the process, McCain claimed that he has never asked for one and has stated "And I?m proud to tell you, Chris, in 24 years as a member of Congress, I have never asked for nor received a single earmark or pork barrel project for my state and I guarantee you I?ll veto those bills. I?ll ask for the line item veto and I?ll veto them and I?ll make the authors of them famous."Well, McCain should start by making himself famous. According to Think Progress.org , McCain asked for and got them twice. Think Progress writes that..."McCain?s claim is false. In 2006, the senator teamed up with fellow Arizona senator Jon Kyl (R) to funnel $10 million toward the University of Arizona for an academic center named after the late Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist. Even Arizona lawmaker, Rep. Jeff Flake (R), ...
What's new: Clinton led in candidates' use of 'earmarks'
2008-02-14 16:18:00 Some of the campaign and political news making headlines this morning:1 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
Earmarks and Bush
2008-02-10 03:48:00 Now, I’m not going to be cynical or sarcastic but President Bush has done the best job of saying one thing then doing another. No other President comes close. Let’s look at the State of the Union. Bush said: America is leading the fight against global poverty, with strong education initiatives and humanitarian assistance. We?ve also ...
Bush criticizing earmarks is like Michael Vick calling Cesar Millan an anim
2008-02-02 00:00:00 Right to the very end, Bush plays the Rovian game of criticizing the Democratic Party at every opportunity. In his last?hell yeah!?State of the Union address, Bush took more than a few hypocritical parting shots at Democrats, on everything from...
Richard Viguerie on Bush and Earmarks: Whoop-De-Doo
2008-01-30 02:02:00 Received Via EmailRichard Viguerie on Bush and Earmarks: Whoop-De-Doo (Manassas, Virginia) Richard A. Viguerie, issued the following statement regarding President Bush’s policy announced in the State of the Union address regarding earmarks in appropriations bills: Instead of killing the earmarks in last year’s huge omnibus appropriations bill, President Bush will leave in place all of the 11,735 earmarks, totaling $16.9 billion. And instead of saying that he would veto any bill containing earmarks, Bush said he would veto legislation that did not reduce the earmarks by 50 percent. Whoop-de-doo. President Reagan vetoed the Highway Bill in 1987 because it contained 121 earmarks. But President Bush has given the go-ahead to 5,867 earmarks--half the current number. Obviously, the Republican team in the White House and Congress has abandoned all pretense of governing as fiscal conservatives. “President Bush came into office sounding like a conservative Republican. He is leaving sound...
The Pork Is Gone After 55,000 Earmarks?
2008-01-29 19:39:00 By- Suzie-Q @ 11:40 AM MST Today’s Must Read It was the ghost of State of The Unions past. Five years ago, President Bush used the SOTU to forcefully make the case for war with Iraq. Remember “the British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa?” Those were ...
By: Suzie-Q
Mitt Romney Comments on Bush?s State of the Union Address
2008-01-29 06:07:00 Technorati Tags: Mitt Romney,GOP 2008,Republican,SOTU
Bush to target earmarks in State of Union address
2008-01-28 15:35:00 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush's last State of the Union address is expected to be heavy on Iraq and the economy, but he also will say he is entering a congressional fray over earmarking taxpayer dollars, administration officials said.
By: Get rich
Queen of Earmarks: Ms. Hillary
2008-01-24 20:41:00 I can’t believe we haven’t heard about this dishonorable distinction — Earmarker-In-Chief – before now! (h/t - Drudge) A group that lobbies for needle exchanges, for allowing more immigrants with HIV/AIDS to legally enter the country, and for condom distribution in prisons received a $303,000 federal earmark pushed by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.). That was one of 261 ...
By: GayPatriot
It?s all about the earmarks
2008-01-23 21:18:00 For months now, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) has been at the forefront of a campaign to crack down on earmarks. He has used the issue to keep fiscal conservatives happy and keep himself in the national dialogue. “It’s time to change the culture of corruption in Washington and it begins by eliminating earmarks,” he recently wrote in a guest post on the popular blog Captain’s Quarters. “But I can’t do it alone. It’s time to take the fight to the ground.” The success of DeMint’s call to action reverberated with Rep. Gresham Barrett (R-S.C.), who this week began his own crusade against wasteful spending. ?The economy is the number one issue and how we deal with the budget process has been a concern of mine since going to Washington,? Barrett told the Anderson Independent Mail Tuesday. ?I do not believe all earmarks are bad, I do believe that the system as it exists is broken and out of control.? And now it appears the state legislatu...
Murtha's Earmarks: Reason Enough To Vote for LtCol. Russell
2008-01-16 17:24:00 Although a couple days old, it's worth bringing up as it didn't seem to get much coverage. Especially at a time when exorbitant spending is rampant. But that hasn't stopped some politicians from running wild with their "earmarks."Case in point, John Murtha. Mister "our soldiers are mass murderers," even though those in question had been exonerated. Murtha looks to be in the lead at the moment with the most money earmarked for his district. $162 million so far, to be exact.NewsMax had a little bit about this in their article on Jan. 14th, 2008 titled "Murtha Led Congress in Earmarks." I guess being in charge of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee gives you permission to secure funds for a bunch of your contributors. 26 of them in all total.Definitely makes Lt. Col. William Russell look like the better choice. I tapped out an article about him a short while back. Since then, his website which can be found HERE, has been a little more populated since it's inception. Inclu...
By: Hoopy Frood Dude
Looking at the Earmarks Found in the Omnibus Bill
2007-12-31 19:25:00 I mentioned the omnibus bill in my article today. Donald Lambro takes a look at the earmarks found in that monster: This is just a sampling of the 11,331 “earmarks” (a 426 percent increase over last year) that this Congress snuck into its annual appropriations bills and accompanying reports for fiscal year 2008 — nearly 10,000 of them in the omnibus bill alone. Want more? – $700,000 for a bike trail in Minnesota. – $200,000 for a post office museum in downtown Las Vegas. – $1 million for a river walk in Massachusetts. – $150,000 for the Louis Armstrong Museum in Queens, N.Y. – $200,000 for the Hunting and Fishing Museum in Pennsylvania. – $113,000 for rodent control in Alaska. – $4 million for a Beverly Hills veterans’ park. – $37,000 for the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. – $8.8 million for the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium at Eastern Kentucky University. – $2.4 million for renovat...
The candidates who REALLY abuse earmarks.
2007-12-29 20:10:00 Not only does this article reveal the biggest abuser of earmarks, but it underlines the point that this candidate has no intention of decreasing foreign agression.read more | digg storyLiberty Central- Conservatism's Blog of Choice
S’pore Govt earmarks $750m to boost broadband speeds
2007-12-11 23:37:00 S’pore Govt earmarks $750m to boost broadband speeds IDA to appoint firm to put in place infrastructure for 1 Gbps Net access By WINSTON CHAI (SINGAPORE) In a bid to rev up broadband access speeds in Singapore, local authorities are prepared to pump in as much as $750 million to help defray the heavy cost of building a new nationwide Internet highway. Â ‘For Singapore to remain competitive in the globalised economy, we need careful and timely investments in our key economic infrastructures including infocomm infrastructure.’ Â Â Â Â Â The multi-million subsidy was unveiled yesterday when the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) released the long-awaited tender for the mammoth task of laying the Republic’s future broadband foundation, called the Next Generation National Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN). ‘For Singapore to remain competitive in the globalised economy, we need careful and timely investments in our key economic infrastruct...
Hoyer Loves His Earmarks
2007-12-11 19:08:00 Democrats can talk about cleaning this practice up, but, that is really about as far as it gets Even as House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer has joined in steps to clean up pork-barrel spending, the Maryland congressman has tucked $96 million worth of pet projects into next year’s federal budget, including $450,000 for a campaign ...
By: Pirate's Cove
Hillary Clinton's Trading Of Money From Developers For Bill "Earmarks" Draw
2007-12-10 21:34:00 It's about time this matter was given the attention it so needed. YRACUSE, N.Y. ? It's a real estate developer's sugar-plum dream: a mega-shopping mall complete with 10 Broadway-style theaters, an indoor river, a Tuscan village and a 39-story luxury hotel sheathed in green solar panels shaped like giant blades of grass. Plus as much as $1 billion in government-backed financing, thanks in part to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.Not everyone thinks the plan, known as Destiny USA and still in the early bulldozer stage, is a good idea. Many on the Syracuse City Council consider its tax breaks a waste of public money. Others fear it could damage the struggling downtown area. Others question whether all its dazzling features will ever be built.One thing is clear, however: Destiny is a classic example of how New York's junior senator has embraced old-fashioned pork-barrel politics, first to build power in the state, then to extend it nationwide as she becomes a leading candidate for the De...
Ending Earmarks
2007-11-20 23:00:00 Earmarks are ugly. Even described in assiduously neutral government language they sound like nasty end runs around review and fairness: Earmarks are funds provided by the Congress for projects or programs where the congressional direction (in bill or report language) circumvents the merit-based or competitive allocation process, or specifies the location or recipient, or otherwise curtails ...
By: Webloggin
Alaska Lawmaker Promoted Earmarks, Raked In Cash
2007-11-11 18:00:00 By- Suzie-Q @ 10:00 AM MST Alaska Congressman Don Young WASHINGTON ? As chairman of the House transportation committee, Alaska Congressman Don Young flew at least three times to upstate New York aboard a sleek jet owned by Robert Congel, an ambitious shopping mall developer seeking federal highway dollars. With Young?s help, Congel got millions of ...
By: Suzie-Q
Sen. Jim Demint On Earmarks. . . .
2007-10-29 19:23:00 In 2006, the issue other than Iraq that most motivated voters at the polls was corruption. Nothing crystallizes this corruption more than the explosion of earmarks - an explosion that continues under Congressional leadership that promised to end it. When it comes to Earmarks, finding Senators who oppose them are few and far between. There are 3 who do stand out however: Jim Demint (R, SC), Tom... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
Murtha?s defense of earmarks questioned
2007-08-09 20:08:00 Rep. John P. Murtha”s justification for some of the $3 billion in pork projects in the Defense Department spending bill only fanned criticism from House Republicans and government-watchdog groups. Mr. Murtha, chairman of the Appropriations defense subcommittee, bristled when questioned on the House floor last week about pricey research-and-development projects doled out to businesses in ...
By: The Hot Joints
Pelosi Risks Losing Support by Funding Pet Projects
2007-08-06 20:40:00 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said last year that she would be happy to “do away with” the practice of funding members’ pet projects, though she knew it wasn’t “realistic.” This year proves how right she was. Thousands of so-called earmarks still adorn spending bills, including 15 from Pelosi in a defense measure. Their continued popularity ...
By: The Hot Joints
McCain Uses Bridge Tragedy to Talk About Earmarks
2007-08-05 05:31:00 McCain campaigned in Iowa this week and tried to use the Minneapolis tragedy to talk about earmarks: Republican John McCain said Saturday that Congress could share in the blame for the Minnesota bridge collapse because lawmakers diverted billions of dollars in transportation money from road work to pet projects. “I think perhaps you can make the argument ...
By: 2008 Central
John Murtha Nabs $150 Million in Pork
2007-08-03 18:01:00 Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the House Appropriations defense panel, has secured the most earmarked dollars in the 2008 military spending bill, followed closely by the panel?s ranking member Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.). Even though Young secured 52 earmarks, worth $117.2 million ? and co-sponsored at least $27 million worth of others ? ...
By: The Hot Joints
US Rep. Henry Waxman on Earmarks
2007-07-30 16:31:00 I am attending a lobbying conference this week in Washington, DC. One of the first speakers this morning was US Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee. In addition to the hot burner healthcare issues Waxman addressed, he had some strong words to say about Congressional earmarks. “Congress is less and ...
By: GayPatriot
Over 1100 Earmarks On Taxpayers for Common Sense Database
2007-07-28 11:57:00 Taxpayers for Common Sense has made a database, complete with analysis and commentary for the FY2008 earmarks in appropriations and authorizations. In the spreadsheet, there is a column for each House and Senate and this includes the earmark dollar amount as well as their budget request, description of the earmarks, city/location-county-state, bill section (department), bill subsection ...
By: Product Reviews
'Star Trek' Earmarks A 'Hero' To Play New Spock In J.J. Abrams Flick
2007-07-27 00:30:00 Zachary Quinto, who plays Sylar on TV's "Heroes," has been earmarked to play the new Mr. Spock in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek."
Hypocrisy Alert: Democrats and the earmarks gone wild
2007-07-19 16:13:00 What’s a paltry one million dollars to a member of Congress? Well, apparently not enough to know if an organization about to receive that big block of cash actually exists. Republican Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona, the fiscal crusader who’s never met an earmark he likes, questioned Democratic Rep. Peter J. Visclosky of Indiana on the House ...
By: The Hot Joints
Congressional Earmarks Are Criminal
2007-07-18 20:48:00 The use of earmarks, or PORK, by members of Congress is a criminal act. They use our tax money as a method to buy votes and to earn campaign money. People who complain about the money we spend defending this country routinely spend 4 or 5 million dollars in earmarks to get 20 thousand dollars ...
By: Webloggin
McCain Requests No Earmarks; Obama, Hunter, Tancredo, and Paul Release Thei
2007-07-06 20:25:00 Richard Wolf writes of the few memebers of Congress releasing their earmark requests: As of Tuesday, 55 House members and two senators ?Barack Obama of Illinois, a Democratic candidate for president, and Republican Jon Kyl of Arizona ? had released their requests as part of a growing trend, according to Citizens Against Government Waste. Eighty House ...
By: 2008 Central
Earmarks in the Amnesty Bill: Trading Votes for Pork
2007-06-27 14:59:00 As if I was not already pissed of enough already, then I find this from Red State *** There are all sorts of goodies in Sen. Harry Reid’s clay pigeon amendment, but two pork projects — one in Utah and the other in Alaska — stand out. Why? Three of the senators who would benefit from the ...
Visualized Earmarks: State-by-State
2007-06-22 18:47:00 I found this today on the Sunlight Foundation home page, and thought many of you would find it very interesting. These earmarks are from 2005, but still...If you want to see government waste in appalling visual detail, just click the link above.Very interesting indeed.
Sen. Barack Obama Releases List of Earmarks
2007-06-22 17:17:00 One of the most controversial topics around Washington D.C. lately has been the use of political earmarks by politicians. It's a very simple, and somewhat sleazy, practice really.Here's how it works:1. Legislator drafts a bill2. Congress debates the bill; recommends amends to the bill3. Legislator attaches a rider to the bill; unrelated request of tax dollars for local projects (i.e. A bill that would require seatbelts in all school busses would have another congressman attach a rider that would send $2 million to his legislative district to repair a bridge)4. Congress votes on the bill, which includes the earmark rider5. President signs the bill6. The American citizenry is fleeced of their tax dollarsThis practice of earmarks and riders has been going on for quite some time, but as of late, many politicians have said enough is enough. Congress is burning through money as if it does grow on trees and has no clue what they're even approving most of the time.Sen. Obama ...
By: KC for Obama
Earmarks Made Public
2007-06-20 07:20:00 Earlier, I listen the members of Congress who made public their earmark requests from CNN.Add another name to the list;Rep. Roscoe Bartlet (R-Maryland)Keep the pressure on.
By: Nicks Notes
Congree won?t release Earmarks
2007-06-19 14:13:00 Simple put, an earmark is what your representative spends their money on. It is a way for OUR representatives to show how they are spending funds by providing a project of interest to their constituents. So, wouldn’t you think it would be fairly simply to ask for a copy of their earmark. For all we ...
By: Today's Talk
What do you think of the earmarks?
2007-06-19 06:04:00 think about the secrecy surrounding many congressional spending requests? Type in your comments below, or send a video response and upload it.
By: Get rich
Secret Earmarks
2007-06-19 05:59:00 One of the things that I HAVE to criticize the Democratic majority on is their contiuation of the GOP's policy of secret earmarks.It's our money, we have a right to know and what you are doing is no better than what the crooks you defeated did last year.CNN called every Congressman's office looking for their list of earmarks. Most did not return their calls, but 31 members of Congress did provide the information to CNN. The list runs the gambit of both conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats. Here's the list of our true heroes;Robert Andrews (D-New Jersey)Nancy Boyda (D-Kansas)Kevin Brady (R-Texas)John Campbell (R-California)Kathy Castor (D-Florida)Jim Cooper (D-Tennessee)John Culberson (R-Texas)Susan Davis (D-California)Charlie Dent (R-Pennsylvania)Rahm Emaneul (D-Illinois)Tom Feeney (R-Florida)Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York)Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)Gene Green (D-Texas)Alcee Hastings (D-Florida)Wally Herger (R-California)Bob Inglis (R-South Carolina)Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif...
By: Nicks Notes
Non-Ironic Shock: CNN Blazes Murtha For Wasteful Rathole Earmarks For Ineff
2007-05-31 19:57:00 Found this on the blog Ace of Spades, more congressional taxpayer ripoff bullshit and these people don’t give a shit that you folks know what’s going on, amazing!  *** His arrogance is astouding. Not only does he brazenly threaten to stop all local spending in any district of any congressman who challenges him, he refuses to even ... |
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