Feb 4, 2008 ... ''In her short time in the United States Senate, the senator from New York,  Senator Clinton, has gotten $500 million worth of pork-barrel projects,'' Mr.  McCain said. ''My friends, that kind of thing is going to stop when I'm president of  the United States.'' Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama both tussled, at a distance, ...
Jan 30, 2008 ... Clinton received 26 earmarks worth about $148.4 million (by contrast, Obama  had only one earmark, requested with several other senators, to help children  with severe disabilities). Clinton has been particularly active in obtaining  earmarks for defense companies in New York, helping them sidestep the ...
Texas's first female U.S. Senator, Hutchison also became the first Texas U.S.  Senator to receive more than four million votes in a single election. In 2001, she  was named one of the thirty most powerful women in America by Ladies Home  Journal. Hutchison was the most senior female Republican senator by the end of  her ...
Jul 5, 2016 ... In the nearly eight years since the first Littoral Combat Ship was delivered to the  Navy, it hasn't won many ardent fans beyond the Navy, its home-state ... The  extra spending is a direct repudiation of the secretary of defense, putting the  Navy back on track with its original three-ship production schedule for ...
Jon Stevens Corzine (born January 1, 1947) is an American financial executive  and former politician. A Democrat, he was a United States Senator from New  Jersey from 2001 to 2006 and was the 54th Governor of New Jersey from 2006 to  2010. He also worked as CEO of Goldman Sachs during the 1990s and was CEO  of ...
In her short time in the United States Senate, the senator from New York, Senator Clinton, got $500-million worth of pork barrel projects.