Disdaining the usual public signing ceremony associated with putting the President's name to significant legislation, President Obama signed the '09 omnibus appropriation bill sent to him by the Senate last night, complete with all 8,330 attached earmarks. While his statement to the press expressed once again his determination to alter the process of earmarking funding for legislators' pet projects, he acknowledged that under current circumstances he would accept the bill as is in order to keep the federal government functioning and addressing the serious problems the country faces.
The money spent by this bill will not show up on the Recovery.gov website, though construction projects funded by the bill will appear on the FedBizOpps.gov website. If you are looking for projects in your neighborhood, the text of the bill itself, including all the earmark letters, can be found here:
http://appropriations.house.gov/FY2009_consolidated.shtml
The earmark letters are attached in alphabetical order of the legislator's last name. Scroll through until you come to your Senators or Congressman, and you will find the group of earmarked projects designated for your locality.
The money spent by this bill will not show up on the Recovery.gov website, though construction projects funded by the bill will appear on the FedBizOpps.gov website. If you are looking for projects in your neighborhood, the text of the bill itself, including all the earmark letters, can be found here:
http://appropriations.house.gov/FY2009_consolidated.shtml
The earmark letters are attached in alphabetical order of the legislator's last name. Scroll through until you come to your Senators or Congressman, and you will find the group of earmarked projects designated for your locality.
