members of Congress carved out $15.9 billion this fiscal year in crony earmarks for their home states

[basquebromance]

Congress has made 2020 into another year of porky earmarks - Washington Examiner

The federal government set a new record for deficit spending in June, which makes it all the more frustrating that members of Congress carved out $15.9 billion this fiscal year in crony earmarks for their home states, according to a new report.The 2020 Congressional Pig Book, published this week...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Trump's got a pen and a phone, and he should veto any bill that contains pork

 

[basquebromance]

from the article:

"Here are just a few examples of this year's crony earmarks unearthed by Citizens Against Government Waste:

$65 million for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund.
$25.8 million for “wild horse and burro management.”
$24 million for an aquatic plant control program.
$15.3 million for “aquatic nuisance control.”
$16.7 million for a Hawaii-based research center.
$663,000 for a brown tree snake eradication program.
$5 million for an arts grant program that last year doled out taxpayer money to wealthy Washington, D.C., elite art institutions such as the Kennedy Center.
$28.3 million for international fisheries commissions.
$19 million for a foundation that works to improve life in Asia."

 

[Sunsettommy]

Congress has made 2020 into another year of porky earmarks - Washington Examiner

The federal government set a new record for deficit spending in June, which makes it all the more frustrating that members of Congress carved out $15.9 billion this fiscal year in crony earmarks for their home states, according to a new report.The 2020 Congressional Pig Book, published this week...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Trump's got a pen and a phone, and he should veto any bill that contains pork

It will never happen, since BOTH parties do this a lot, why would they cut their own pork for their districts?

 

[Ringel05]

Congress has made 2020 into another year of porky earmarks - Washington Examiner

The federal government set a new record for deficit spending in June, which makes it all the more frustrating that members of Congress carved out $15.9 billion this fiscal year in crony earmarks for their home states, according to a new report.The 2020 Congressional Pig Book, published this week...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Trump's got a pen and a phone, and he should veto any bill that contains pork

It will never happen, since BOTH parties do this a lot, why would they cut their own pork for their districts?

I guess most people don't realize it's a Congress critter's job to "bring home the bacon"..........