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Report: Senate Republicans Are 7 of the Top 10 Lawmakers Who Used Earmarks
Breitbart ^ | 07/03/2023 | SEAN MORAN

Posted on 07/03/2023 10:49:11 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Seven of the top 10 lawmakers who used earmarks recently are Senate Republicans, according to a report from Open the Books.

In March 2021, a split House Republican conference voted to overturn its years-long ban on earmarks. The renewed practice requires Republican lawmakers to write a justification for any earmark they want to sponsor and verify they have no financial stake in the earmark.

Those in favor of bringing back earmarks believe it would bring more power to Congress and can serve as a tool to rein in the Biden administration. Some House Republicans who support using earmarks also believe they could serve as an incentive for House Republican leadership to whip Republicans into voting for the legislation.

Conservatives largely derided the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill, as lawmakers stuffed the bill with over 7,500 earmarks worth $16 billion.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: earmarks; lawmakers; republicans; senate
Not shocking
1 posted on 07/03/2023 10:49:11 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

🐷


2 posted on 07/03/2023 10:51:42 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And not one of them is an actual Republican


3 posted on 07/03/2023 10:52:59 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Blame the voters, they love pork.


4 posted on 07/03/2023 10:53:11 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Scallywags on both sides of the aisle have no regard for the hard-working taxpayer dollar.


5 posted on 07/03/2023 10:54:23 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand (P)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And in another blockbuster revelation, the WHO has announced that multibillion dollar research has proved that every single person that drank or even touched H20 has or will die.


6 posted on 07/03/2023 10:54:56 AM PDT by Tupelo (A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

7 posted on 07/03/2023 10:57:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: qaz123

They’re RINOs!


8 posted on 07/03/2023 10:57:47 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: qaz123

There is not a name on that list that will surprise you bank it.


9 posted on 07/03/2023 11:00:52 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Includes:

Sen. Shelby (R-AL) $656,406,000
Sen. Inhofe (R-OK) $510,520,000
Sen. Murkowski (R-AK) $489,632,000
Sen. Hirono, Schatz (D-HI) $421,560,000
Sen. Blunt (R-MO) $350,056,000
Rep. Weber (R-TX) $287,537,000
Sen. Graham (R-SC) $262,134,000
Sen. Leahy (D-VT) $212,525,000
Sen. Cassidy (R-LA) $204,735,000
Sen. Collins, King (R-ME) $200,057,000


10 posted on 07/03/2023 11:02:17 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: qaz123

Bingo!


11 posted on 07/03/2023 11:31:10 AM PDT by falcon99 ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27; All

Surprised McConnell is not on the list, but I am sure he’s more the enabler then the recipient.

Public data on why RINOs are so difficult to dislodge. The voting public wants their turn at the taxpayer hog trough.


12 posted on 07/03/2023 12:02:59 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: csvset

All are on my Most Loathsome Senators’ List.


13 posted on 07/03/2023 12:09:19 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

All politicians suck. They all lie. And they all look out for themselves.

Nothing new here.


14 posted on 07/03/2023 12:19:21 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: csvset

Wow, you could have seen that list of names from a mile away. Not surprised.


15 posted on 07/03/2023 12:36:18 PM PDT by Hipshot 6 (Hipshot 6, Out)
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To: All
Like Sundance says:

"Democrat politicians use money to get power; Republicans politicians use power to get money."

16 posted on 07/03/2023 2:20:09 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: LegendHasIt

This lending credence to the term. SHOOT, Shovel, Shutup.


17 posted on 07/03/2023 2:24:18 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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