The Senate resumed consideration of its three-bill spending “minibus” Thursday by rejecting an amendment from Sen. Mike Braun that would effectively strip spending earmarked for state and local projects from the package.
The Senate voted 35-62 to reject the Indiana Republican’s proposal that would prevent $3.8 billion in earmarked spending from going to 1,270 projects that senators included in the minibus comprising the fiscal 2024 Military Construction-VA, Agriculture and Transportation-HUD appropriations bills.
Braun urged colleagues to adopt the amendment, saying earmarks encourage lawmakers to keep spending.
