Reply #9: Sounds like it was enough to make Boehner cry some REAL tears!

[PA Democrat]

I'm tired of the hypocrisy of the right. While McCain and Boehner moan and wring their hands about earmarks, their party (which is in the minority) can still lay claim to 40% of the earmarks in this bill. Perhaps they can show some leadership by cleaning up their own fiscal house.

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And Democrats are not alone in funding pet projects. As the minority party in Congress, Republicans claim roughly 40 percent of earmarks, though McCain and House GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio, among others, refuse them. The largess is likely to help ease the measure's way through the Senate.


http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/elections/20090303_Obama_backs_off_earmark_pledge.html