In the current
fiscal year, the number of earmarks has increased by 32.5 percent over FY
2016, and their total cost has jumped by 33.3 percent. While this year’s
$6.8 billion cost remains far below the record of $29 billion set 11 years ago,
the total cost of earmarks over the past two years of $11.9 billion represents
more than half of the $22 billion in earmarks identified by CAGW since the
moratorium took effect.
In short, the
2017 Congressional Pig Book reveals that earmarks are once again on the
rise, and this time with very little transparency.
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