Analysis: Internal Deadlines vs. Committee Deadlines

As this local news story demonstrates, personal offices will set an internal deadline, often far in advance of the House Appropriations Committee’s deadline or the Senate Appropriations Committee’s deadline. This gives them time to weigh the relative merits of each project and come up with their final list, which they will submit to the Committee.

From WBOC Maryland:

Acting Wicomico County Executive John Psota has until Friday to send the county’s list of proposed earmark projects to U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD). 

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s deadline is not as soon. 

Improvements at Mardela High School and a runway extension at the Salisbury Regional Airport, which is housed mostly in Wicomico County, are two projects county council members say can use federal funding. 

The federal government has money to give, but the county has to ask for it, says Councilman Josh Hastings. 

From WBOC Maryland, May 21, 2021

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