Category: Citizens Against Government Waste

Schumer’s $2 Million for Bronx Hip Hop Museum Spotlighted Amid Near-Record Setting Congressional Earmarking Spree

Members of Congress from both parties appear headed to approving a record number of earmarks—tax-funded spending projects in their districts or states that are typically buried in massive omnibus spending bills—including a $2 million award by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to build the Universal Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx, New York. The…


More Hill Republicans Voted Against Wasteful Spending in 2020, But Supported Earmarks

Congressional Republicans voted much more strongly against wasteful federal spending in the months leading up to the 2020 election than they did in 2019, according to data compiled by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW). Many of the same Republicans in the House, however, voted earlier this year to support a Democratic proposal to restore earmarks,…