Earmarks

President Donald Trump signs a spending bill that ends a partial shutdown of the federal government in the Oval Office on Feb. 3. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Magazine

Trump signs minibus spending bill with $6.5 billion in earmarks

Kevin R. Kosar -

February 6, 2026 5:23 am

News

House overcomes earmark dispute to advance next slate of spending bills

Rachel Schilke -

January 7, 2026 5:56 pm

In a show of Republican unity, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., make statements to reporters ahead of vote in the House to pass a bill on President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities of spending reductions and tax breaks, at the Capitol in Washington,

Business

Leading House conservatives tout earmarks despite small-government rhetoric

Zach Halaschak -

August 22, 2025 6:07 am

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., right, and Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., left, talk before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The top five House Republicans and Democrats who requested the most fiscal 2026 earmark dollars

Rachel Schilke -

August 2, 2025 7:00 am

Senate

Congressional gridlock threatens billions in earmarks for lawmaker pet projects

Ramsey Touchberry -

August 1, 2025 6:00 am

House

House earmarks are back — here’s what members requested for fiscal 2026

Rachel Schilke, Ally Goelz -

July 21, 2025 6:00 am

News

GOP battle brews over ‘gateway drug’ of government spending: Earmarks

Ramsey Touchberry -

May 5, 2025 6:00 am

Congressional

‘Pig book’ exposes $23 billion in pork spending, lists lawmakers behind the earmarks

Samantha-Jo Roth -

June 12, 2024 3:12 pm

Beltway Confidential

Swine and dine: Congress feasts on taxpayer dollars

Hailey King -

June 12, 2024 3:05 pm

Beltway Confidential

Earmarks cost taxpayers $22.7 billion this fiscal year

Tom Schatz -

June 12, 2024 6:00 am

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