The Latest Breaking News from Earmarks

WASHINGTON — The intraparty debate among House Republicans on a proposed earmark ban is heating up, with an influential GOP activist figure weighing in against maintaining the practice in the 118th Congress.

The intraparty debate among House Republicans on a proposed earmark ban is heating up as an influential activist weighs in.

As ocean levels rise, members of Congress are turning to simple tools to protect their districts: seawalls.

Potential changes in control of one or both chambers could put earmarks for local projects on the chopping block.

WASHINGTON — Appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year unveiled in the Senate last week contain more than 3,100 earmarks totaling almost $7.8 billion, with Sen. Richard C. Shelby once again the uncontested champion of what senators have rebranded “congressionally directed spending.”

Senate appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year contain more than 3,100 earmarks totaling almost $7.8 billion.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Alex Padilla boasts he’s secured about $250 million for 134 projects, ranging from bike and pedestrian path improvements to flood control.

The House fiscal 2023 spending bills have 4,386 earmarks, for a total of $8.2 billion, a CQ Roll Call analysis found.

WASHINGTON — The Republican Study Committee, the traditional bastion of conservative thought within the House Republican Conference, has taken an official position on the practice of earmarking funds in spending bills for lawmakers’ districts: It’s opposed.