The Raleigh News & Observer reported yesterday:

In his first year as chairman of a key congressional spending panel, Triangle congressman David Price helped steer more than $50 million away from a national competition to help communities stem the pain of natural disasters.

Instead, the money was directed to 96 projects in the districts of some of Congress’ most powerful or most vulnerable members, according to a study of earmarks conducted by a fiscal watchdog group …

… The projects, which direct funding to specific congressional districts, are known as earmarks and have come under increasing scrutiny by Democratic leaders as well as President Bush.

The N&O identifies three other congressmen by party affiliation, but somehow omits that the congressman who “rerouted disaster funds” (according to the headline) is also a Democratic leader — though apparently on the receiving end of earmark scrutiny.