Nine of the 16 Senate Republicans who received earmarks in 2022 are members of the upper chamber’s Appropriations Committee and, despite being in the minority, received twice as much pork as their Democratic colleagues on the panel.
The nine Republicans on the committee gained fewer total earmarks, trailing their 13 Democratic counterparts 743 to 498, but the total value of the Republican earmarks was almost twice as much, at $2.2 billion versus $1.3 billion.
