Daily Mail News – Politics
By MORGAN PHILLIPS, CONGRESS REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 16:52 EDT, 5 April 2024 | UPDATED: 16:53 EDT, 5 April 2024
A coalition of conservative groups led by former Vice President Mike Pence’s Advancing American Freedom wrote a letter this week calling on congressional Republicans to once again ban earmarks.
A pair of spending bills to fund 12 agencies of government over fiscal year 2024 contained some 8,099 earmarks with a total cost of $14.6 billion.
‘This never should have happened. However, the remedy is simple and the same as always: ban earmarks,’ the letter, obtained by DailyMail.com, read.