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Examples of earmark
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House Speaker John Boehner had already orchestrated an earmark ban in the House.
From the kentucky.com
That works out to $54 in earmark revenues alone for every lobbying dollar spent.
From the businessweek.com
If Sam Granato is trying to win with earmark promises, he is getting bad advice.
From the latimes.com
The president has chosen earmark reform as one of his first post-midterm causes.
From the abcnews.go.com
You can earmark contributions for 100% wind, 100% farm methane or half and half.
From the latimes.com
Southern Illinois'winemakers are toasting a $400,000 earmark for their industry.
From the stltoday.com
He tried in vain for several years to secure a federal earmark to build a fence.
From the nytimes.com
Coburn, the Oklahoma earmark critic, posted that article on his Senate Web site.
From the omaha.com
The president is also likely to endorse budgetary reforms such as an earmark ban.
From the dailyherald.com
- Allow: give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
- Identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal
- Hallmark: a distinctive characteristic or attribute
- An earmark is a cut or mark in the ear of livestock animals such as cattle, deer, pigs, goats, camels or sheep, made to show ownership, year of birth or gender.
- In public finance, an earmark is a requirement that all or a portion of a certain source of revenue, such as a particular tax, be devoted to a specific public expenditure. ...
- In United States politics, an earmark is a legislative (especially congressional) provision that directs approved funds to be spent on specific projects, or that directs specific exemptions from taxes or mandated fees. . ...
- A mark or deformation of the ear of an animal intended to indicate ownership; The designation of specific projects in appropriations for general programs; To mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear; To specify or set aside for a particular purpose
- (earmarked) When revenue are designed for a certain fund or activity the revenue is often called earmarked.
- (Earmarking) a process by which some of the pension benefits due to a member are paid to the ex-spouse, as directed by a Court at the time of the divorce, but only paid when the member retires.
