At a press conference Tuesday regarding the stimulus bill, Barack Obama : "We are going to ban all earmarks, the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review." Reporters whether his qualification that earmarks are projects Question: … Earmarks, you said there will be none that get in there without review. Some people would argue even the so-called bridge to nowhere got review, some level of review … Obama: No, no, no. What I'm saying is - let me repeat what I said about that … We will ban all earmarks in the recovery package. And I describe earmarks as the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review. So what I'm saying is, we're not having earmarks in the recovery package, period. I was describing what earmarks are. Question: So there's - you're not suggesting there's some level of review that might … Obama: I'm saying there are no earmarks in the recovery package. That, that is the position that I'm taking. "very reassured" "trying to be polite, and not insult members of his own party" competetive bidding" Hat Tip: Ed Morrissey