{"id":1372475,"date":"2022-03-12T07:58:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1372475"},"modified":"2022-03-12T08:01:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T13:01:03","slug":"4000-earmarks-worth-10-billion-slipped-into-1-5-trillion-spending-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4000-earmarks-worth-10-billion-slipped-into-1-5-trillion-spending-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"4,000 Earmarks Worth $10 Billion Slipped Into $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F4000-earmarks-worth-10-billion-slipped-into-1-5-trillion-spending-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1372475&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/social_media_share\/public\/2021-06\/GettyImages-1324926947.jpg?h=199d8c1f&#038;itok=qFsLL0K3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>There were about 4,000 earmarks worth between $8-$10 billion slipped inside the $1.5 trillion spending bill Congress passed, according to Republican lawmakers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Braun&#8217;s office compiled a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.braun.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-03\/Earmarks%20in%20Sum%20(1).pdf\">367-page document<\/a> detailing the earmarks that were tucked into the bill that passed on Thursday night less than 48 hours after it was released publicly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among the projects on the list, there were 142 earmarks linked to Senate Majority Leader Schumer, Braun said.<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, Braun highlighted the earmark requested by New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman totaling $496,000 for &#8220;Promoting Health Equity and Affordable Swim Access through Yonkers YMCA Pool Improvements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted on social media about winning millions of dollars for community projects in her district, including housing access and workforce development programs. The title of her post was, &#8220;Rep. AOC just won millions for community projects in NY-14.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/buffalo-waterways-rural-broadband-get-boosts-under-federal-spending-bill\/article_54048f96-a0a7-11ec-a0dd-87dce140d425.html\">New York Rep. Brian Higgins<\/a> scored $8.2 million in earmarks for Buffalo including $575,000 for a &#8220;green infrastructure workforce development initiative at the Buffalo Sewer Authority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/politics\/cny\/2022\/03\/whats-in-big-federal-spending-bill-for-syracuse-a-homeless-shelter-police-body-cameras-i-81-jobs-more.html\">Syracuse<\/a>\u00a0also benefitted from earmarks in the bill for a homeless shelter and police body cameras. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warnock.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/220309-Sen.-Warnock-Approved-Congressional-Directed-Spending-Request.pdf\">Sen. Raphael Warnock<\/a>, who is running for reelection, is linked to 39 earmarks. The projects tied to Warnock and fellow Georgia Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/ossoff-warnock-celebrate-georgia-earmarks-in-spending-bill-ready-for-bidens-signature\/APTI7LNNIVE2NN5VCZLDUWPJRI\/\">Sen. Jon Ossoff<\/a>\u00a0are\u00a0worth about $157 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseymonitor.com\/2022\/03\/10\/return-of-earmarks-a-boon-for-members-of-congress-facing-midterm-battles\/\">According to a report<\/a>, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly from the battleground state of Arizona, was able to lock in federal funding for more than 40 projects for his state in the spending bill.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penncapital-star.com\/blog\/return-of-earmarks-a-boon-for-members-of-congress-facing-midterm-battles\/\">Pennsylvania Capital-Star<\/a>, Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Nevada Democrat Rep. Jacky Rosen &#8220;sponsored a $12 million appropriation for the Nevada Cares Campus in Washoe County, a shelter for people experiencing homelessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia, which Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvnews.com\/news\/wvnews\/sen-manchin-discusses-west-virginia-earmarks-in-new-federal-budget\/article_aea714d0-a135-11ec-9aa1-a7215284483f.html\">Sen. Joe Manchin<\/a> represents, stood to benefit from about $166 million of earmarks, including money for the Canaan Valley waste water system improvement project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/govt-and-politics\/as-earmarks-return-federal-dollars-to-flow-to-virginia-projects-through-new-u-s-budget\/article_19293b60-b99e-5918-9d2b-62f0324e77f4.html\">The Richmond Times Dispatch<\/a> reported that Virginia Democratic\u00a0Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine secured\u00a0$5 million for &#8220;rehabilitating the deteriorating Mayo Bridge across the James River in downtown Richmond; nearly $4 million for a new federal inspection service facility at Richmond International Airport and $2 million for construction of the southern portion of the new Fall Line Trail in Petersburg and through Virginia State University in Ettrick.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wyoming Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/billingsgazette.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/govt-and-politics\/senate-erupts-over-how-to-aid-ukraine-tester-daines-split\/article_6beacb5a-5527-5bf1-a2af-4a5fc611ac26.html\">Sen. Cynthia Lummis<\/a> criticized lawmakers for adding so many earmarks to the spending bill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You almost have to have a looking glass to see what it says here, 4,000 earmarks after we&#8217;ve gotten away from this,&#8221; Lummis said. &#8220;I&#8217;m sympathetic to the argument that earmarks are a more direct way of addressing problems around the country, but historically they&#8217;ve been used as a way for leadership to whip votes on bad legislation and a way to fund unnecessary pet projects to curry favor back home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2021\/02\/26\/house-appropriators-to-cap-earmarks-at-1-percent-of-topline\/\">Earmarks were eliminated<\/a> in 2011, but Congress brought them back last year. Republicans benefited from the return of the earmarks process too, according to the projects on Braun&#8217;s list.<\/p>\n<p>Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski&#8217;s name was mentioned next to over 50 pork projects on Braun&#8217;s list, including educational facility renovations at the Sitka Sound Science Center.<\/p>\n<p>Among the earmarks linked to Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jerry Moran was $3 million for &#8220;updates to the Kansas Incident Based Reporting System.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorBraun\/status\/1502092663465693187?s=20&#038;t=xY97aPsNt443pskxOcPGPg\">Braun attempted<\/a> to remove the earmarks from the bill with an amendment to the legislation, but it was not adopted.<\/p>\n<p>Braun criticized congressional leaders for passing spending bills that continue to increase the deficit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;d think after all this money we spent, all of which we borrowed, that you would not need earmarks,&#8221;\u00a0Braun told Just the News. &#8220;To have the symbolism that this place is even worse than not doing budgets, not bringing in your appropriators to have some say in what&#8217;s spent, record levels of spending on defense and domestic spending that we still should run through a budget \u2014 none of that work was done.\u00a0That&#8217;s why the place is going to run close to a $1.5 trillion deficit, pile that on to our $30 trillion we&#8217;re already in debt. Look out, future generations.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were about 4,000 earmarks worth between $8-$10 billion slipped inside the $1.5 trillion spending bill Congress passed, according to Republican lawmakers.\u00a0Indiana Republican Sen. 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