The funding comes as law enforcement agencies across the country face increased scrutiny over how automated license plate readers are used.
The newly announced bipartisan resolution seeks to close a “loophole” in House rules requiring members seeking community project funding, or earmarks, to certify that neither they nor their spouse .
Future budgets will include similar amounts for both chambers and no direct funding for nonprofits, legislators said.
"If you're in an area that has a terrible road that might not have a ton of traffic, it's hard to get that attention from DOT," said state Sen.
Vulnerable incumbents and deficit hard-liners are joining forces in an unlikely partnership, pushing House GOP leaders to put earmarks on the table to head off a government funding fight this fall.
It makes perfect sense that Democrats have brought back the practice of congressional earmarking: Democratic leaders want to entrench their own power and enrich themselves.
After a 10-year hiatus, earmarks are coming back to the U.
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For the federal government, the 2024 fiscal year started in October of last year, but this funding — at least a portion of it — didn’t make it through Congress and to the President’s desk until last .
When it came to directing federal funds for projects and causes back home, the late Sen.
The California Legislature's secretive earmark process allows lawmakers and Gov.