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)
Pingree, Golden unveil earmark requests for federal funding of 20 Maine projects
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Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden have unveiled their list of requests for Congressional earmarks, the member-requested federal funding initiatives that are returning to Congress after a decade-long ban.
Under new rules designed to avoid corruption and abuse, each House member is allowed to request 10 earmarks to benefit nonprofits and governmental entities – but not private firms – in their districts. Members had to post their list of requests – only a fraction of which will be granted by the House’s budget appropriators – by Wednesday evening.
The lists from Maine’s members include requests that would revive what had been southern Maine’s only inpatient detoxification program; improve or replace water and sewer infrastructure in several Maine towns; renovate landmark buildings in Portland, Lewiston, Bridgton and Gardiner; and help fire departments, community college workfor