The Washington Post
By Ian Duncan
March 3, 2021
As House Democrats prepare to bring back earmarks, billions of dollars tagged for lawmakers’ favored transportation projects before a decade-old ban sits unspent. Federal Highway Administration records show that as of October 2019, about $2.4 billion in 3,600 earmarks at least 10 years old had yet to be fully spent. Of those, about 300 earmarks worth about $400 million had never been tapped, according to the records. Supporters of earmarks — pots of money enshrined in law and directed to particular projects — say they are a mechanism for lawmakers to direct money to worthy causes in their districts while helping to build support for infrastructure legislation.
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