Could this be the end of the line for Russian flying saucer aircraft, vectored-thrust aircraft, and military-supported prayer research? Maybe not. Hopes that President Bush would slay pork projects in his State of the Union address were dashed when it was announced that his war on earmarks wouldn't affect this year's generous serving of congressional bacon. As Bloomberg reports:
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President George W. Bush, who threatened to kill thousands of lawmakers' pet projects, won't cancel any already passed and instead will crack down on the practice later this year, his spokeswoman said. *
*Bush decided against eliminating the projects, known as earmarks, that were approved last month by Congress because he didn't give lawmakers adequate warning, spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters in Washington today. *
*``The president decided that he needed to give the Congress a very clear indication of what he was going to do,'' she said. Bush will promise in tonight's State of the Union address to veto any spending bills for fiscal 2009 that don't cut such spending in half from last year's levels, said deputy press secretary Tony Fratto. *
In other words, the current administration won't be the one that has to do battle with the Congress.
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