Dems' reconciliation bill has $6B transportation 'slush fund' that GOP aide warns could fund backdoor earmarks

Dems' reconciliation bill has $6B transportation 'slush fund' that GOP aide warns could fund backdoor earmarks Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg would have broad discretion over how to spend $6 billion allocated for "local surface transportation priorities." A Senate GOP aide said that money could be a backdoor way to fund earmarks. https://ift.tt/3CFPRzc https://ift.tt/3AVxJkF September 25, 2021 at 07:10PM