WASHINGTON — Cities are bracing to lose millions of dollars in funding for transportation and community projects, from subway lines to youth centers, because of a renewed push in Congress to ban lawmaker-directed spending known as “earmarks.”
With the incoming Republican majority in the House of Representatives committed to ending the practice and the Senate facing […]
Searchable Database of Congressional Earmarks for Transportation
T&I Unveils New Searchable Database for Member-Designated Projects
Committee increases transparency and accountability
The public will be able to search electronically for Member-designated projects submitted by any Member of the House of Representatives in legislation originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the 110th and 111th Congresses, thanks to […]
LaHood: Ban lobbyists, earmarks in second stimulus (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON — The latest government effort to create jobs should have the same tough restrictions on lobbyists and lawmakers’ pet projects as the $787 billion stimulus plan did, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday.
LaHood is the first official to say whether the administration wants to replicate the […]
