Retiring GOP Senators Left Congress With $1.5 Billion in Earmarks in 2022 Spending Package
Three retiring Republican senators—Roy Blunt of Missouri, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, and Richard Shelby of Alabama—received more than $1.5 billion in earmarks contained in the Omnibus Spending Bill of 2022, according to a new analysis by a nonprofit government watchdog. The Republican trio’s pork barrel projects were among the 7,506 in the bill, worth a total in excess of $16 ...
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