President Bush used part his final State of the Union to denounce Congressional earmarks. But instead of demanding Congress change its behavior, the President wants to attack earmarks through federal agencies. The Washington Post’s Jonathan Weisman analyses his promise to issue an executive order that agencies don’t follow through with pet projects tucked into laws without being voted on. Weisman reports that this could be confusing.   Read Weisman here.

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