Spending spree — return of the earmarks: A conversation with Thomas Schatz

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Thomas Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, joins Washington Examiner’s Doug McKelway for a conversation on the current government spending binge with the Democrats in control of both houses of Congress and the White House.

According to Schatz, less than 10% of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is going to COVID-19 relief, with the bulk of the bill earmarked for unrelated projects.

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