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Transportation Spending Under an Earmark Ban

DateFriday, January 14, 2011 at 6:36PM

Congressional Research Service

January 3, 2011

Earmarks—formally known as congressionally directed spending—have directed a significant amount of federal transportation spending in recent years. Proposals to ban earmarks in authorization and appropriations bills are under consideration in both houses of Congress. This report discusses how federal highway, transit, and aviation funding might be distributed under an earmark ban, and how members of Congress might influence the distribution…

 

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