print email comment close Times Topics: Earmarks URL: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/e/earmarks/index.html Description: Archive of news stories concerning earmarks, "[Congressional] items directing specific amounts of money for specific projects, through a little addendum to a bill or conference report, items usually passed without notice or debate." Includes articles about earmarks in the George W. Bush administration, 2008 presidential candidate earmarks, and more. From The New York Times. Publisher: The New York Times Company Extra Keywords hard soft earmarks pork barrel LII Database Information: Record 25885 created by Jennifer English on 04/09/2008 Last modification on 09/22/2009 Published: 04/24/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25885