The Latest Breaking News from Earmarks

WASHINGTON — House Republicans struck three Democratic projects that would provide services to the LGBTQ community during Tuesday’s fiscal 2024 Transportation-HUD Appropriations markup, enraging Democrats on the committee.

House Republicans are seeking to cut three Democratic projects that would provide services to the LGBTQ community during Tuesday’s fiscal 2024 Transportation-HUD Appropriations markup, enraging Democrats on the committee.

New Senate Republican earmark requesters are angling to fill the shoes left by the retirements of four longtime senators.

Earmarking federal funds for their home districts continues to grow in popularity among House Republicans.

​WASHINGTON — Interest in bringing home federal funding earmarks in appropriations bills is growing among House Republicans under new restrictions the GOP majority instituted for the next fiscal year.

Some high-profile Republicans who did not request earmarks while Democrats ruled the House are seeking them now.

Handouts for tourist-trap museums will be part of the federal funding battleground in the next two years.

As they await President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget request, lawmakers are mulling the prospects for a budget resolution and issuing new guidance for earmarks in appropriations bills. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak discuss the latest timing for a budget release and how lawmakers are mapping…

WASHINGTON — House Republicans’ new restrictions on earmarks in the Labor-HHS-Education spending bill could further imperil passage of an already difficult bill.