News: Earmarks Are Coming Back in 2021

Punchbowl News broke the story:

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the new chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations panels, will announce in the coming weeks that Democrats will reinstate earmarks — also known as “member-directed spending” — in next fiscal year’s spending bills.
From Punchbowl News AM, February 15, 2021