Earmarks Quotes

24 quotes by 21 authors

During my first term in Congress, I signed a pledge that I will take no more earmarks and I've been faithful to that pledge. — Michele Bachmann
After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington to please stop… — Michele Bachmann
Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening… — John Boehner
It had all the earmarks of a CIA operation; the bomb killed everybody in the room except the intended target! — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Look, we know we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell in love with power. We spent way too much money -… — Eric Cantor
La Raza stands for 'The Race' - and they say so openly. They are a pro-Hispanic organization; I will call them a racist organization. They… — Steve King
Finally, in the Mississippi state Senate, earmarks are often hidden in bond bills, which I have voted against many times, because our bonded indebtedness is… — Chris McDaniel
I will veto every single beer, um, bill with earmarks. — John McCain
I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks. — Claire McCaskill
I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily things. On most… — Joyce Thompson
The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better… — Tom Coburn
We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets. — Eric Cantor
Peace is one of the most obvious earmarks of the authority of Christ. A sense of peace will virtually always accompany His will and direction,… — Beth Moore
I am convinced that I do not want to give up more power to the White House, whether it's George Bush or Barack Obama. And… — Harry Reid
Earmarks are supposed to be bad. But they don't increase spending. — Todd Tiahrt
I've always been interested in past lives, because they're earmarks of what creates us. — Sylvia Browne
I have never been opposed to earmarks. — Judd Gregg
I think we ought to ban earmarks. I think we ought to give citizens the opportunity to designate up to 10 percent of their federal… — Carly Fiorina
There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive. — Eric Hoffer
For the air of lonely men surrounded him now, a still atmosphere in which the world around him slipped away, leaving him incapable of relationship,… — Hermann Hesse

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