Hillary Clinton: $340 million worth of home-state projects in last year's spending bills, placing her among the top 10 Senate recipients of what are commonly known as earmarks, according to a new study by a nonpartisan budget watchdog group. [The group is Taxpayers for Common Sense.]
Barack Obama: $91 million total placed him in the bottom quarter of senators who seek earmarks, the study showed.
John McCain: One of five senators to reject earmarks entirely, part of his long-standing view that such measures prompt needless spending.