Congress agreed to eliminate earmarks a couple years ago but they are creeping into the tent under a different guise. From The Washington Free Beacon:
Watchdog Exposes $15.3 Billion in Congressional Waste
Congress has stealthily packed $15.3 billion worth of earmarks into its 2019 fiscal year budgets despite its moratorium on the practice, according to a new report.
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), a Washington, D.C.-based taxpayer-watchdog group, released its annual ‘Pig Book' that tracks wasteful spending within the halls of Congress. Sens. Rand Paul (R., Ken.), Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) and Reps. Ted Budd (R., N.C.), Tim Burchett (R., Tenn), Bill Flores (R., Texas), and Tom McClintock (R,.Calif.) joined CAGW's president, Tom Schatz, Wednesday at the Phoenix Park Hotel in D.C. for an event on their findings and the state of earmark reform.
They list a couple of examples - a perfect example of what should not be happening. The title? This quote:
A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
--Everett Dirksen (bio)
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