November 3rd after the democrats lost control of the House
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Originally Posted by Obama
we were in such a hurry to get things done that we didn?t change how things got done. And I think that frustrated people.
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I am a strong believer that the earmarking process in Congress isn?t what the American people really want to see when it comes to making tough decisions about how taxpayer dollars are spent. And I, in the rush to get things done, had to sign a bunch of bills that had earmarks in them, which was contrary to what I had talked about. And I think folks look at that and they said, ?Gosh, this feels like the same partisan squabbling, this seems like the same ways of doing business as happened before.? And so one of the things that I?ve got to take responsibility for is not having moved enough on those fronts.
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So does that mean we can expect a veto of the FY2011 Omnibus Spending Bill because of the 6714 earmarks worth $8 billion that it contains?