Sentence examples similar to earmarked requests for from inspiring English sources

The ethics office found that two of the lawmakers -- Peter Visclosky, Democrat of Indiana, and Todd Tiahrt, Republican of Kansas -- may have tacitly tied requests for campaign donations to earmark requests in violation of House rules.

And he appears to have dropped all PMA clients from his list of earmark requests for the 2010 fiscal year, which had to be posted online this week.

The filing included copies of Cunningham's earmark requests for increased funding for programs two contractors worked on, and e-mails from his staff members expressing his anger when some of his requests were cut.

Democrats countered that the earmark requests from all lawmakers had been in the measure for months and said no Republican seeking earmarks had objected to their inclusion in the appropriations bills that made up the spending measure presented Tuesday.

Wednesday was the deadline for submitting earmark requests to Representative Earl Blumenauer, Democrat of Oregon.

Then, in February of this year, House Appropriations Chairman David Obey set forth new guidelines asking Members to post their earmark requests online when submitting them to his Committee for consideration.

Giving taxpayers real accountability and transparency through itemized receipts for earmark requests would confirm it.

The bill includes $12 billion for earmarks requested by lawmakers or by the Bush White House.

In an e-mail, Mr. Flores said he was aware of the earmarks requested in the last Congress for Baylor and Brazos County.

His lack of support for the earmark, requested by the state's senior senator, Lindsey Graham, appears to have stymied the port's plans and left Mr. DeMint — who tilts against the Republican establishment almost as much as he does against the Democrats — increasingly isolated on the matter.

The Clinton campaign did not respond to requests for comment and did not release its earmarks requests.