Pelosi’s $140 Million Silicon Valley Subway Earmark Nixed by Senate Parliamentarian

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks during a press conference at the Capitol in Washington on March 2, 2021. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Big trouble appears to be brewing in the U.S. Senate over the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” for CCP virus relief approved by House Democrats on Feb. 27.

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), the Senate Banking Committee’s ranking Republican, said on March 3 the Senate parliamentarian ruled that the $140 million earmark in the House bill for extending San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) subway system into Silicon Valley must be removed.