House Lawmakers Request $15 Billion in Infrastructure Earmarks
- Republicans join Democrats in seeking transport projects
- Earmarks could smooth passage of Biden’s economic proposal
Representative Garret Graves during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee hearing.
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U.S. House lawmakers have requested $14.9 billion in spending on earmarked projects for a transportation bill set to be a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda.
Republicans joined Democrats in making use of the new earmark process, inaugurated after the practice was effectively banned for a decade by Congress in the wake of a series of scandals. The bipartisan participation could bode well for rounding up the votes and political momentum to pass at least part of Biden’s $2.3 trillion, infrastructure-focused American Jobs Act.