Hardline conservatives who opposed a six-bill government-funding package stand to bring home nearly a billion dollars combined in earmarked funds within the measure the Senate will consider this week.
House members passed the $460 billion “minibus” funding bill 339-85, which includes 6,628 earmarks totaling $12.7 billion, according to a Bloomberg Government analysis. Readers can access a central Excel doc with all the earmarks here, compiled from the six PDF documents listing the projects published by the House Appropriations Committee. Senators aim to pass the six-bill funding package by the end of the week, averting a partial shutdown this weekend. ...