Why Congressional Earmarks Are Staging a Comeback - Governors' Wind Energy Coalition
Governors' Wind Energy Coalition Why Congressional Earmarks Are Staging a Comeback Source: By Erik Wasson, Bloomnberg • Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 A decade after the practice was banned, members of the U.S. Congress may soon regain the power to add their own favored projects to spending bills. Earmarking, as the practice is known, was prone to abuse and easy derision. But advocates say it’s also an essential tool for making deals to assemble majority support for legislation. 1. What is an earmark? While definitions vary, it generally refers to legislative lang...
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