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All About Earmarks: A Brief History - Citizens Against Government Waste
As a result of this shift in policy that turned earmarks into political currency, the cost of earmarks under Speaker Gingrich's leadership jumped from $7.8 billion in fiscal year (FY) 1994 to $13.2 billion in FY 1998, with the peak under his leadership coming in FY 1997 at $14.5 billion.
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http://www.cagw.org/reporting/all-about-earmarks
2022
In January 2021, legislators returned earmarks after a decade-long moratorium. While members of Congress cite the legislative branch's power of the purse as justification, the Founding Fathers opposed the practice. President James Monroe said in 1822 that federal money should be limited “to great national works only, since if it were unlimited it would be liable to abuse and might be productive of evil."
His prescient words became a reality after high-profile boondoggles and an explosion of earmarks that culminated in a record $29 billion in 2006 and led to jail terms for several members of Congress. Earmarks are now back, driving up spending and presenting opportunities for corruption and influence peddling. The time has come to ban the practice outright.
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