$ 787 billion spending bill for FY as early as Thursday includes 14 earmarks . Democratic Sens . Evan Bayh and Russ Feingold want Obama to veto bill . The White House could vote on bill as early as Thursday . Defenders of bill say earmarks make up less than 1 percent of it .
$ 410 billion spending bill for FY 2009 includes 8,000 earmarks . Democratic Sens . Evan Bayh and Russ Feingold want Obama to veto bill . Senate could vote on bill as early as Thursday . Defenders of bill say earmarks make up less than 1 percent of it .