A fast-approaching government funding deadline means a new federal budget, and lawmakers can secure funding for community projects back home — or so they hope.
But so-called “earmarks,” formally known as congressionally directed spending, are once again on the chopping block unless Congress can find the bipartisan muster to pass a new fiscal 2026 budget that begins Oct. 1.
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