WASHINGTON -- A Washington Post report says congressional earmark spending appears to have funded projects near lawmakers’ personal properties and questions projects secured by Mississippi Congressmen Bennie Thompson and Roger Wicker.
WASHINGTON -- AU.S. senator from Alabama directed more than $100 million in federal earmarks to renovate downtown Tuscaloosa near his own commercial office building. A congressman from Georgia secured $6.3 million in taxpayer funds to replenish the beach about 900 feet from his island vacation cottage. A representative from Michigan earmarked $486,000 to add a bike lane to a bridge within walking distance of her home.
WASHINGTON -- What is an earmark?
