News: Senate Announces Process for Earmarks

Senator Leahy (D-VT) announced on Monday, April 26, 2021: “Today I’m announcing that the Senate Appropriations Committee will again accept requests for congressionally directed spending items on a bipartisan basis, requests of both the Republican leadership and Democratic leadership and will do so in a manner that promotes accountability and transparency,” Leahy said from the… Continue reading News: Senate Announces Process for Earmarks

Analysis: Here are the 15 Republican Senators Who Have Pledged No Earmarks

Fifteen Senate Republicans have pledged not to submit earmark requests. Subscribers learn what to do when that is the case. Senator State Mike Lee UT John Cornyn TX Ben Sasse NE Mitt Romney UT Pat Toomey PA Cynthia Lummis WY Mike Braun IN Josh Hawley MO Steve Daines MT Rick Scott FL Joni Ernst IA… Continue reading Analysis: Here are the 15 Republican Senators Who Have Pledged No Earmarks

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

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

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