I have been talking about it for weeks, and yesterday it was finally released. A 1,924 page behemoth known in the lexicon of Capitol Hill as the “Omnibus” budget bill, chock full of thousands of home state budget earmarks.
Even though it was championed by Democrats, the Omnibus is filled with earmarks for both parties – yes, you read that correctly.
In fact, if you break down the number of earmarks for each Senator, you will see that the top two earmarkers in terms of pure numbers are the two GOP Senators from Mississippi, Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker. Cochran happens to be the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
So here’s the list of Senators and the number of earmarks I found for each in this Omnibus – so find your Senator and see what they did in this bill.
Cochran (R-MS) 230
Wicker (R-MS) 199
Atlanta Journal Constitution
12/15/10
Magnolia Tribune
