Boondoggles: 7 Examples of Wasteful, Outrageous Earmarks in Senate Spending Package

Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer (both D-N.Y.) attend the 2023 New York City "Pride" March on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on June 25. They are co-sponsors of a spending earmark to dish out $1 million to the WE ACT for Environmental Justice organization. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Light Rocket/Getty Images

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This week, the Senate will be debating—and will likely vote on—a package of spending bills that covers the departments of Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development.