CMC Policy Lab Fall 2023 Newsletter
AEI | Policy Lab Research Report Restoring the Power of the Purse – Earmarks and Re-empowering Legislators to Deliver Local Benefits
In recent years, various senators and representatives have discussed lifting Congress’ earmark moratorium. The practice of earmarking—or allowing legislators to direct federal benefits in the forms of spending, tax, or tariffs to their home districts and states—is as old as