To aid you in your search, agencies are organized two different ways: By Department By Appropriations Bill *all information comes from the House Appropriations Committee website. Please check there for updates and guidelines. By Department Army Corps of Engineers (levees and waterways) Investigations Construction Mississippi River and Tributaries Operation and Maintenance Department of Agriculture: Community… Continue reading Agencies and Programs That Can Be Earmarked in House Bills
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News: $15 billion Set Aside for Earmarks
Bloomberg News reports: Senate Appropriations Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, has been leading discussions to return earmarks in the fiscal 2022 appropriations bills. They are expected to total around $15 billion, about 1% of the $1.5 trillion in spending for the year for both the House and Senate. Leahy has said he is willing… Continue reading News: $15 billion Set Aside for Earmarks
Subscribers: First Steps
If you don’t already know your Representative, look up his/her contact information here: Enter your ZIP code in the top right corner of the webpage: https://www.house.gov Then look up their Washington, DC office phone number under the state and district: https://www.house.gov/representatives or you can call the Capitol Switchboard and ask to be connected to him/her… Continue reading Subscribers: First Steps
Analysis: Here Are the 29 House Republicans Who Have Pledged No Earmarks
Twenty-nine House Republicans have pledged not to submit earmark requests. Subscribers learn what to do when that is the case. Member State District Chip Roy TX 21 Dan Bishop NC 9 Bob Good VA 5 Matt Rosendale MT AL Ralph Norman SC 5 Russ Fulcher ID 1 David Schweikert AZ 6 Warren Davidson OH 8… Continue reading Analysis: Here Are the 29 House Republicans Who Have Pledged No Earmarks
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