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The Most Watched Money in Washington: How Earmarks Became the Budget's Most Accountable Dollars

Earmarks were once the most mocked spending in America. After the scandals, the ban, and a decade of backdoor earmarking, they came back in 2021 with public requests, financial-interest certifications, a 1% cap, and GAO audits. The case that the budget's most ridiculed line items are now its most watched.

THE APPROPS DESK · AUG 17, 2026

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EARMARKS, STATE BY STATE

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48 states + DC + 5 territories covered

Not law yet: from House bills still moving (some passed the House, some only committee). Amounts can change.

Alaska: 3 earmarksAlabama: 3 earmarksArkansas: 3 earmarksArizona: 3 earmarksCalifornia: 3 earmarksColorado: 3 earmarksConnecticut: 3 earmarksDistrict of Columbia: 3 earmarksDelaware: 3 earmarksFlorida: 3 earmarksGeorgia: 3 earmarksHawaii: 3 earmarksIowa: 3 earmarksIdaho: 3 earmarksIllinois: 3 earmarksIndiana: 3 earmarksKansas: 3 earmarksKentucky: 3 earmarksLouisiana: 3 earmarksMassachusetts: 3 earmarksMaryland: 3 earmarksMaine: 3 earmarksMichigan: 3 earmarksMinnesota: 3 earmarksMissouri: 3 earmarksMississippi: 3 earmarksMontana: 3 earmarksNorth Carolina: 3 earmarksNorth DakotaNebraska: 3 earmarksNew Hampshire: 3 earmarksNew Jersey: 3 earmarksNew Mexico: 3 earmarksNevada: 3 earmarksNew York: 3 earmarksOhio: 3 earmarksOklahoma: 3 earmarksOregon: 3 earmarksPennsylvania: 3 earmarksRhode Island: 3 earmarksSouth Carolina: 3 earmarksSouth DakotaTennessee: 3 earmarksTexas: 3 earmarksUtah: 3 earmarksVirginia: 3 earmarksVermont: 3 earmarksWashington: 3 earmarksWisconsin: 3 earmarksWest Virginia: 3 earmarksWyoming: 3 earmarks

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WHO GOT WHAT BACK HOME

Congress has pumped $2 billion into new university earmarks

FORBES

Art for: Congress has pumped $2 billion into new university earmarks

Earmarks flood spending bills after a year's hiatus

ROLL CALL

Art for: Earmarks flood spending bills after a year's hiatus

CT secures about $190 million in earmarks from federal bills

CT MIRROR

Art for: CT secures about $190 million in earmarks from federal bills

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THE APPROPS DESK · JUL 9, 2026

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