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16 Emanuel earmarks in federal spending bill (David Lightman, 3/03/09, McClatchy Newspapers)

Although President Obama has repeatedly pledged to ban congressional earmarks, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has 16 such projects, worth $8.5 million, in the bill the Senate is to begin debating today.