Two U.S. senators who left office last month are still bringing home the bacon. Sens. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) and Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) bid their colleagues farewell in November, but not before requesting 62 earmarks worth more than $141 million in the Democrats’ omnibus spending bill.
Burris and Kaufman were filling out the unexpired Senate terms of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden (D-Del.) until Election Day. They were succeeded last month by Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.).
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