Retiring GOP Senators Left Congress With $1.5 Billion in Earmarks for Their States

Retiring GOP Senators Left Congress With $1.5 Billion in Earmarks for Their States
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 24, 2020. Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via AP
Mark Tapscott
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Three retiring Republican senators—Roy Blunt of Missouri, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, and Richard Shelby of Alabama—received more than $1.5 billion in earmarks for projects in their states as part of last year’s spending bill, according to a new analysis by a nonprofit government watchdog.

The Republican trio’s pork barrel projects were among the more than 7,500 others in the bill, worth in excess of $16 billion. Earmarks are federal tax dollars requested by individual senators and representatives to be included in larger spending bills for projects in their home states or districts.

Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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