Coming to OC: $31 million in fresh D.C. pork (Orange County Register)
Water projects, colleges, police and roads will benefit from Congressional earmarks.

Obama unveils multi-trillion-dollar spending plan that hikes taxes on rich, curtail Medicare (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama unveiled a multi-trillion-dollar spending plan Thursday that would boost taxes on the wealthy, curtail Medicare, lay the groundwork for universal health care and leave a string of deficits dwarfing any in the nation's history.