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Lawmakers feast on pork in omnibus
« on: March 10, 2022, 05:30:05 pm »
Lawmakers feast on pork in omnibus
By Alexander Bolton - 03/10/22 06:00 AM EST

After an 11-year drought, congressional earmarks are back with vengeance.

The $1.5 trillion, 2,741-page omnibus spending package is loaded with funding for lawmaker pet projects, some of which could help incumbents in this fall’s elections.

The legislation includes more than 4,000 earmarks, according to a list of projects provided to The Hill by a Senate Republican aide that spanned 367 pages.


“There’s been a decade of pent-up desire to get back to earmarks and you’re seeing some of that come to fruition, particularly those people who were writing the appropriations bills, dealing with all of those type of issues and then not getting the gravy they certainly did earlier in their career,” said Steve Ellis, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan group that tracks federal spending.

Many lawmakers had decided not to request earmarks in this year’s appropriations package, but those who did scooped up big rewards for their constituents.

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Re: Lawmakers feast on pork in omnibus
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2022, 05:56:09 pm »
Nearly one out of every five Republicans voted for giving everything the Democrats wanted and getting nothing in return.  No Keystone pipeline.  No drilling.  No border wall.  No immigration enforcement.  Nothing but Democrat policies, all paid for by increasing inflation.

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Re: Lawmakers feast on pork in omnibus
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2022, 05:57:11 pm »
btw, the purpose of earmarks is to help Democrats get elected in November.  And Republicans are OK with that.
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