The revived earmarks, despite a futile attempt to cover them up by designating them as “Community Project Funding,” are similar to the old earmarks that were included in the appropriations bills passed by Congress during FYs 2008-2010, which required that the names of the members who received earmarks be listed in each bill. These arrangements were maintained for earmarks in FY 2023. Senate Republicans voted to uphold the moratorium on April 21, 2021, but the agreement was nonbinding, and many of them received earmarks. The 31st edition of the Congressional Pig Book tracks the rise of earmarks to near-record levels of spending in the second year since members of Congress restored the practice.Īfter an 11-year moratorium, earmarks were revived for fiscal year (FY) 2022, first in a favorable vote by House Democrats on February 26, 2021, then by House Republicans, who agreed to restore them on March 17, 2021, and then by Senate Democrats, who followed suit on April 26, 2021.
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