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The transcript makes it pretty clear that his remark was in reference to the stimulus package.
He should be able to keep track of at least that one so it's not outside the rhelm of possibility that he would veto the bill if it contains earmarks and send it back for revision.
Still.....
-- Jebbie
I'm not so sure that the transcript makes it clear that he is referring only to the Stimulus package. But even so, the word "ban" is incorrect, and he must know that. Congress is free to put in as many earmarks as they wish. If Obama chooses to veto the bill that is his choice, earmarks be damned. But Congress can then send it back altered or not altered. Obama is talking out of his ass and he knows it.
