![]() ![]() Though it’s Republicans who are currently straddling the fence by both opposing and requesting earmarks, there’s a longstanding divide not only in how the funds are used but in the amounts requested, according to a 2021 report from the Brookings Institute: Andy Harris (R-MD), who’s looking for around $30 million for improving systems around his district for water systems, including distribution, treatment, and wastewater/sewage, as well as millions more for projects to improve docks, jetties, and other coastal features.Īnd Congressman Lance Gooden (R-TX), who wants about $23 million for projects including a residential care center for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients and a radar system for the Mesquite Metro Airport. There’s also Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has opposed earmarks but now wants more than $14 million for projects in her district, including $1.6 million for a 4-mile paved trail for non-automobile traffic and $3.8 million for an airport runway expansion.Īnd Rep. ![]() This time, though, the battle includes a list of pet projects from the same folks who said they supported banning earmarks for pet projects. House Republicans are at it again with the battle that seems to energize and fortify them, while exhausting and frustrating the regular citizens who have to carry on their normal lives through the fight over the Congressional budget and the evergreen threat to shut down the government if they don’t get their way. Not only are Byron Donalds, Lauren Boebert, and others in their Congressional clique against building bridges in the metaphorical sense, they also stand against earmarking funds for literal bridges and other projects.Īt least, they did, until the projects were in their own districts - and the requests for earmarks were their own. Some of the most prominent Republicans in the obstruction caucus claimed they were against spending on personal projects - a system known in Congress as “earmarks” - and then turned around and requested funds for their own districts. ![]()
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