EARMARKS ARE BACK
Apr 22, 2022
2 minutes
ERIC BOEHM
LAWMAKERS STUFFED MORE than 4,000 pet projects, totaling more than $8 billion, into an omnibus federal spending bill passed in March. But wait, didn’t Congress ban earmarks back in 2011?
Yes, a Republican majority in 2011 banned earmarks, also called pork-barrel
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