Report finds spike in earmarks to Democratic lawmakers during controversial votes

Maybe you need to re-read the article PowerStroker!

Especially this part here-

Quote from Fox News article,

"President Obama didn't invent the practice. FDR used it to great effect and President Nixon is reported to have used earmarks to help win support for re-election by sending funds to key states or voting blocs.

But President Obama has vastly expanded the practice.

Numbers from the non-partisan Congressional Research Service show that the value of administration earmarks under President Obama increased by a 126 percent in his first two years in office and the actual number of administrative earmarks increased by 54 percent.

Those are dramatic increases that are 11 times more than Congress itself increased earmarks, which the White House did not explain today. 

It also does not square with statements the president is against earmarks, which he and his administration appear to have used to great effect and with increasing frequency."