claim: "there are no earmarks" in the stimulus bill.
author: robert gibbs
evidence_1: feb 19, 2009 ... when president obama signed the landmark $787 billion stimulus package, he  proudly declared that he did not allow any members of congress to insert  wasteful, last-minute earmarks in their bills to benefit special interests in their  states and districts. dubbed "pork barrel" spending, these earmarks are ...
evidence_2: mar 15, 2009 ... “there are no earmarks in this bill. there is no earmark for rats in san francisco.  there is money that goes to the epa and the department of the interior for  cleanup of wetlands and maintaining of wetlands and apparently this is on a list  of ready-to-go projects but it, like many others, must compete within the ...
evidence_3: even a recession and record $1.4 trillion budget deficit has not altered  congress's business-as-usual culture of spending and pork. while families and  entrepreneurs are responsibly bringing their own budgets under control,  congress is spending and earmarking as if nothing has changed in the economy.  the house has ...
evidence_4: feb 24, 2009 ... there's no money in the bill specified for butterfly parks, frisbee golf courses or  water slides, despite a gop congressman's claim that the bill "will .... jim demint ( s.c.), have accused senate majority leader harry reid, a democrat from  nevada, of inserting an $8 billion "earmark" into the stimulus bill for a ...
evidence_5: boehner on gop priorities: more jobs, less spending, no earmarks ... and it's  the first time that this bill's ever been produced where there are no earmarks in  this bill. and it's a ... mr. duffy will soon represent the same district as current  appropriations chairman david obey (d-wi), author of the infamous “stimulus”  bill.