Sentence examples for veto earmarks from inspiring English sources

He even vowed to veto earmarks.

Mr. McCain, who has vowed to veto all earmarks as president and to "make the authors famous," said this week that he understood that some earmarked projects were worthwhile and deserved money.

COMMENT FROM FOURN: Veto all earmarks?

That is to say, the kind of independent thinker who would have pushed Obama to veto the earmark-laden, omnibus-pending bill that wound up making him look like a hypocrite; or to announce a list of programs the president would be cutting or eliminating before he released his budget to show he was serious about fiscal balance and discipline.

Secretly (oh, so secretly) on the campaign trail, I actually agreed with John McCain (although I did it secretly enough that nobody ever actually quoted me doing so) that I would veto any earmark ever presented to me.

Mr. Paterson also said that he would veto any legislative earmarks, which are known as member items and are typically tacked on to final budget agreements between the governor and the Legislature.

Mr. McCain is set to announce on Monday morning that 300 economists are endorsing his economic proposals, which include tax cuts, expanded trade and a pledge to veto bills with earmarks.

Both houses of the Legislature are also weighing whether to seek to override Mr. Paterson's continuing vetoes of their earmarks -- often termed pork-barrel spending -- as well as his veto this week of hundreds of millions of dollars in extra school aid that lawmakers had sought to restore.

I will veto every bill with earmarks, until the Congress stops sending bills with earmarks.

"The president has stated unequivocally that he will veto any legislation containing earmarks, and the House will not pass any bills that contain them.

But McCain, surely not the presidential candidate that McConnell wanted, is leading his party with a pledge to veto any bill containing earmarks.