Tag: House Appropriations Committee Chairman Kay Granger

House Republicans Draw Flack for Changing Earmarks to Favor Rural, Exurban Districts With GOP Officials

House Republican leaders are revamping their approach to earmarks—the controversial tool that enables individual representatives to direct tax dollars to favored projects in their districts — by barring them from four major appropriations bills in the 118th Congress. House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas) and the GOP chairmen of the panel’s 11 subcommittees on…


House Republicans Criticized for Changing Earmarks to Favor Rural, Exurban Districts With GOP Officials

House Republican leaders are revamping their approach to earmarks—a legislative tool that enables individual representatives to direct tax dollars to favored projects in their districts—by barring them from four major appropriations bills in the 118th Congress. House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas), along with the GOP leaders of that panel’s 11 subcommittees, on Feb….