House Lawmakers Seek $15 Billion in Infrastructure Earmarks

Transport Topics

By Erik Wasson, Bloomberg News

May 11, 2021

House lawmakers have requested $14.9 billion in spending on earmarked projects for a transportation bill set to be a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda. Republicans joined Democrats in making use of the new earmark process, inaugurated after the practice was effectively banned for a decade by Congress in the wake of a series of scandals. The bipartisan participation could bode well for rounding up the votes and political momentum to pass at least part of Biden’s $2.3 trillion, infrastructure-focused American Jobs Act. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released the list of requested projects on May 11, making good on a commitment to be more transparent about spending earmarks than lawmakers had been in the past. In all, 318 House members requested earmarks, including 213 Democrats and 105 Republicans.

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