Posted on 05/06/2021 8:31:02 AM PDT by bitt
Earmark requests from both parties top $6B in value
EXCLUSIVE: $1,750,000 to spruce up the Japanese Garden in Portland. $436,100 for a "meditation and restorative yoga" program in New Jersey. And $250,000 to expand the Michelle Obama Library in California.
These are just some of the controversial Community Funding Project requests filed by federal lawmakers as earmarks make a return in Congress.
Democrats and Republicans in Congress have asked for at least $6 billion in additional funding for local projects ahead of the upcoming federal budget, Fox News can reveal exclusively.
And, while many lawmakers have tried to limit their spending to fields such as health care, transportation and education, some of the least critical projects are also the most expensive.
In fact, one of the largest requests comes from Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., who wants $375 million to restore the Waukegan Carnegie Museum. According to his website, the money will go toward a "new community and event space, preserving history of the community, offering cultural enrichment, and thereby supporting nearby local businesses."
That is just the beginning of the list of controversial projects.
There are requests for $2 million in funding for a new art collection at the Brooklyn Museum in New York; $2 million for a Pickleball and Fitness Circuit in Orange, Calif.; $1.5 million to provide free public Wi-Fi in a California city and $250,000 for a performing arts center that, according to the website of Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., "should be more than a beautifully designed building."
Other earmarks are likely to face strong Republican pushback. There are dozens of projects that list diversity and equity among their goals, including $742,000 for a New York program that would feature "conversations around difficult issues such as racism, gender discrimination and cultural bias" and $166,000 for the
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This is just money laundering
Don’t dis them....we have the finest Congre$$ money can buy
The kick-back capital of the world. Don’t you think they expect a generous return to their campaign fund?. Political thievery.
I object on behalf of my children and grandchildren. This is ridiculous.
$6 billion for random BS Pork
Why ?? Did it get trashed by BLM/ANTIFA ?????
Why does it cost so much to have conversations?
I thought speach was Free in the United States.
They charge admission to that park.
Why don’t the increase the fees?
What about crumbling bridges?
Airport improvements?
Ever been on an Interstate in MS?
We had the same hwy in MS, on two different occasions, beat a tire on our RV to death. Yes, they were used with some sun cracking but MS was the only place it happened from FL to MO and back. Ironically, we pulled off at the same exit both times and drove a few miles to the same tire store on a flat.
We drove from FL to MO twice, ten years apart, and the Interstate work in MS had progressed 20 miles.
But these scumbags cannot find time to seal our southern border.
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It’s other people’s money.
Exactly. Make it illegal in the Convention of the States. (That will drive the Poli-tick-tions NUTS!)
What?! Politicians taking advantage of pork in spending? I never would have believed it.
But there was a lot of oinking heard all over the place.
Reagan quote...
Thank you for posting.
So many trillions bandied about these days this should be repeated.
Probably is mystifying to younger people who think cash is play money printed on demand anyway.
More looting of the US Treasury by the criminal cabal in DC. That’s how so many DC politicians for decades have become millionaires while in office.
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