ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland House Republican leader who is pressing to end the state’s $15 million earmark program has been seeking earmarks for her own district this year. 

House Minority Whip Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio delivered a televised response Tuesday to Gov. Martin O’Malley’s state of the state address. She called for an end to the so-called bond bills because of the state’s economic crisis. 

Haddaway-Riccio tells The Baltimore Sun she was seeking $1.4 million in earmarks before she learned of the state’s dire financial troubles.

The Eastern Shore lawmaker sought funds for a lighthouse, a hospice, a Cambridge senior housing center, an arts center and the Chesapeake Maritime Museum. Three earmarks were sought before O’Malley’s budget proposal and two were sponsored after. 

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