By Kenny Webster
May 7, 2021
Earmarks are back! A new report details some of the insane things Democrats are spending your money on.
We re warning you: if you don t like wasteful government spending this is gonna sting.
Lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives have asked for at least $6 billion in extra funding for local projects ahead of the upcoming federal budget, Fox News can reveal exclusively. Here are some of the most surprising entries in the big-money wish list.
1. $7,110,080 for the City of Cottage Grove Shoppes (Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn.)
2. $3,850,000 for a park that includes wellness programming and recreational opportunities (Rep. Sanford Bishop Jr., D-Ga.)
House lawmakers are looking to sweeten President Biden s infrastructure package; Hillary Vaughn reports from Capitol Hill.
Lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives have asked for at least $6 billion in extra funding for local projects ahead of the upcoming federal budget, Fox News can reveal exclusively. Here are some of the most surprising entries in the big-money wish list.
1. $7,110,080 for the City of Cottage Grove Shoppes (Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn.)
2. $3,850,000 for a park that includes wellness programming and recreational opportunities (Rep. Sanford Bishop Jr., D-Ga.)
3. $3,750,000 for the Waukegan Carnegie Museum Revitalization Project in Illinois (Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Ill.)
4. $3,000,000 for a smartphone app to track bus locations (Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah)
Mon, 05/03/2021 - 1:15pm
Michael L. Higgins.
A graveside committal service for Michael L. Higgins, 56, formerly of Rockland, who passed away peacefully, Friday, March 19, 2021, will be held Thursday, May 13, 2021, at 11 a.m., at Coughlin Cemetery, Rankin Street, Rockland.
To share a memory or condolence with Michael’s family, please visit their Book of Memories at bchfh.com
Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock St. Rockland.
CUMBERLAND Michael L. Higgins, 56, formerly of Rockland, Maine, passed away peacefully, Friday, March 19, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, in Scarborough, after a brief illness, surrounded by the love of his family.
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President Biden’s Discretionary Budget Request: Fiscal Year 2022
On April 9, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) submitted President Biden’s discretionary funding request (the “Request”) to Congress for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. The Request lays out the President’s discretionary funding recommendations across a wide range of policy areas, including a strategy for investing in emerging technology areas, maintaining economic competitiveness and national security and positioning the U.S. to out-compete China. The Request is high-level and did not include proposed legislative text.
The President’s Request recommends:
Department of Commerce
$916 million to expand scientific and technological research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in areas including artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, quantum information science (QIS) and biotechnology and to establish prize competitions to pursue key technology
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Rep. Cheri Bustos of Illinois, who headed the House Democrats campaign arm in 2020 when the party unexpectedly lost seats, will retire from the House after the 2022 elections.
“Today, I’m announcing I will not seek reelection after completing this term,” Bustos said in a video statement. “It will be a new decade, and I feel it’s time for a new voice.”
Bustos was first elected to the House in 2012, after a career as a reporter and then in the healthcare sector. She got to the House by beating the late GOP Rep. Bobby Schilling in a northwest Illinois district.