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Seven of the top ten lawmakers who used earmarks are Senate Republicans, according to a report from Open the Books.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) stated that the new spending on earmarks contained in the omnibus bill is “appalling” especially when you consider that there is already “tons of cash

During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said that it’s indefensible for Senate Republicans to block amendments by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) to remove earmarks from the omnibus bill and another

On Wednesday’s broadcast of West Virginia MetroNews’ “Talkline with Hoppy Kercheval,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) stated that it is difficult to justify his plans to vote for the omnibus spending package given his past concerns about debt and that he is

Outgoing Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has half a billion dollars worth of earmarks in the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bills. 

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who lost her GOP primary in August by nearly 40 points, was granted earmarks worth over $5 million in the $1.7 trillion, 4,155-page omnibus bill.

Outgoing Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) slipped $656 million worth of earmarks into the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill.

The Center for Renewing America launched on Friday a primer on the roughly $8 billion in earmarks in the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Thursday that Congress’s decision to bring back earmarks in the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill “opened the floodgates” of abuse.

“That’s a touch question,” replied the RNC’s Tommy Pigott when asked by Breitbart News’s Joel Pollak why the GOP voted to reinstate earmarks.

Russ Vought, Trump’s White House budget director, and America Accountability Foundation President Tom Jones will launch on Thursday the “Congressional Pork Map” to expose Republican and Democrats’ most “corruptive” earmarks, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

According to Morning Consult/Politico poll, most GOP voters oppose the House bringing back the use of earmarks. 

The House Republican Conference vote on Wednesday to restore earmarks was a betrayal of the voters, and undermined one of the remaining legacies of the Tea Party.

A split House Republican Conference voted Wednesday to overturn the House GOP’s ban on earmarks.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said in a statement Monday the return of earmarks is a “belated Valentine” for Washington, DC, special interests and lobbyists.

Citizens Against Government Waste released its annual Pig Book, which details how Congress approved $15.3 billion in earmarks in 2019.

Incoming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) told reporters Tuesday that Democrats plan to re-introduce earmarks, a practice through which individual members of Congress attach request special funding requests to bills.

“We buckled,” said Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) of congressional Republicans’ negotiations on Capitol Hill regarding a $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations bill scheduled for a vote on Wednesday night.

It will be remembered as a moment that defined his presidency: Donald Trump, flanked by leading Democrats, and joined by members of both parties, led a roundtable discussion Tuesday about how to resolve the problems created by the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and illegal immigration in general.

Trump endorsed earmarks at a meeting on immigration reform on Tuesday, arguing that it would help build coalitions to pass legislation.

“This is an historic moment to have Republican control of House,Senate and presidency and I believe that the people, who came to the polls sent a clear mandate that they want change here in Washington–drain the swamp,” Walker says. “We need to be talking about unifying and earmarks are another divisive issue,” he said.

GOP legislators in Congress want to revive the use of spending ‘earmarks’ which help leaders and legislators trade votes in exchange for pork-barrel spending in their districts, says a report from the Heritage Foundation.

With more Zika cases popping up in the United States and Congress on its summer break, Senate Democrats are scrambling to ensure they are not blamed for their decision to choose Planned Parenthood and extraneous environmental regulations over public health.

In a tweet, Rep. Tim Huelskamp is calling out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his statement that his first priority when he returns to Washington will be to fund the government. McConnell said this Congress will not defund Planned Parenthood at the expense of ensuring the government remains funded and open.