The Post takes a deeper look at earmarks.

“It’s frustrating because 99.9 percent of us are doing the right thing for our clients all the time,” said [Dave] Wenhold, one of more than 14,000 registered lobbyists in a trade demonized by President Barack Obama and many members of Congress. “I’m proud of what I do. I’m extremely proud of it,” said Wenhold, president of the American League of Lobbyists, his profession’s trade group.