Three retiring Republican senators—Roy Blunt of Missouri, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, and Richard Shelby of Alabama—received more than $1.5 billion in earmarks contained in the Omnibus Spending Bill of 2022, according to a new analysis by a nonprofit government watchdog. The Republican trio’s pork barrel projects were among the 7,506 in the bill, worth a…
Retiring GOP Senators Left Congress With $1.5 Billion in Earmarks for Their States
Three retiring Republican senators—Roy Blunt of Missouri, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, and Richard Shelby of Alabama—received more than $1.5 billion in earmarks for projects in their states as part of last year’s spending bill, according to a new analysis by a nonprofit government watchdog. The Republican trio’s pork barrel projects were among the more than…
Conservation Panelists See Bipartisan Wildlife Bill as Tool to Preserve Threatened Species
ConservAmerica hosted a webinar Oct. 12 to discuss the bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA), which would add nearly $1.4 billion in funding to wildlife conservation-related programs, helping to keep species off the endangered species list. It would provide $1.3 billion per year to a new ‘Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount,’ supplementing, but not replacing,…
Democrats and Republicans Spar Over State Election Voter ID Laws
WASHINGTON—On Monday, the House Subcommittee on Elections heard expert testimony on voter ID requirements while the Senate Rules Committee had a heated exchange about S.1., the “For the Peoples Act of 2021,” meant to federalize elections and end laws Democrats say suppress votes, like voter ID. “Republicans want to ensure that every eligible person who…
GOP Senators Object to Unrelated Items in Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Package
Republican senators say they fully support fixing infrastructure, but oppose President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure package because includes unrelated items that unnecessarily increase the national debt. “It’s mostly not spending money on infrastructure and so it seems that they have established no upper bound limit on how much we spend, no questions have been…
GOP Senator Urges Trump to Sign CCP Virus Relief Bill, No Compromise on $2,000 Checks
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) called on President Donald Trump to sign the CCP virus relief bill as is, saying there would not be enough votes in the senate to change the direct payment amount to $2,000. Blunt told reporters Thursday that it would be a mistake to try to renegotiate the massive spending package which…
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