Jake Tapper,ABC NEWS
Reid and Pelosi continue to set Obama's Agenda
Obama administration officials Sunday announced that despite expressed “concerns”with the billions in earmarks contained in the $410 billion omnibus spending bill —and campaign pledges to “slash earmarks by more than half”—the President would sign the bill.
Taxpayers for Common Sense says the bill contains 8,570 earmarks at a cost of $7.7 billion. An estimated 60% of the earmarks are from Democrats,while Republicans requested the remaining 40%.