Sentence examples for over earmark from inspiring English sources

RELATED GOPP gets queasy over earmark ban [Politico].

Moreover, another story that derived out of the budget wrangle was widespread concern over earmark reform.

But Mr. Stringer, Ms. Quinn and Mr. de Blasio all played down the role of politics in the squabble over earmarks.

It was tripped up by ridiculous posturing over earmarks, which amount to less than 1 percent of the bill.

Then, Mr. Santorum accused Mr. Romney of hypocrisy for attacks over earmarks after having used them to his own advantage.

While the bill is likely to be approved, the fight over earmarks will not end anytime soon.

The first troubles arose in 2010, when officials assumed they could count on federal financing, which was later lost amid the debates over earmarks.

Freaking out over earmarks is like watching a neighborhood that is being consumed by flames and complaining that there is crabgrass on some of the lawns.

More than 4.4 million jobs have been lost since this monster recession officially got under way in December 2007, and we've got people wigging out over earmarks.

And while, as Mr. Inouye acknowledged, there has also been far too much corruption and favor-trading over earmarks, recent Democrat-led reforms (and the Internet) have ushered in what he called "an age of real transparency".

He bested Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, in a fight over earmarks (among other scraps), and appeared to be about the business of building himself a congressional power base to rival Mr McConnell's.