Earmarks roar back to life in spending bill
Congress recently approved a catch-all, $1.5 trillion spending bill that, for the first time in years, includes earmarks. And not just a few. According to reporting in The Hill, there…
Earmarks Poised for a Comeback
House Democrats are openly pushing for the return of earmarks – the special spending requests from individual members that were abolished in 2011. The reason for bringing them back? Supposedly,…