WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- If Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain wins, he will have a hard time eliminating congressional earmarks as promised, GOP leaders say.
The new president will be presented with a massive omnibus spending bill containing hundreds of special spending measures known as earmarks in the first days after taking office. If McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona, is president and tries to eliminate the bill's earmarks, GOP party leaders say Congress would likely revolt, Politico, a Washington publicatin, reported Wednesday.