Republican Party
PartisanSeverityHigh
7/10
ThenNovember 2, 2010
“Tea Party Republicans swept into Congress vowing to eliminate earmarks and pork-barrel spending, calling them wasteful and corrupt. Republicans banned earmarks when they took control of the House in 2010.”
The Republican Conference abolished earmarks in the House of Representatives
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-republicans-defend-use-earmarks-congress-passes-spending-bills-13-billionNowDecember 15, 2022
“Republicans voted 158-52 to keep earmarks, and Republican members actually requested $3 million more per earmark than Democrats on average ($4.7M vs $1.7M).”
Republicans embraced earmarks and requested larger amounts per earmark than Democrats
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/earmarks-are-back-how-democrats-and-republicans-differ/Analysis
The same party that made eliminating earmarks a signature issue and banned them in 2010 later voted to restore them and used them more aggressively than Democrats, requesting nearly three times more money per earmark
Detected: 3/26/2026ID: partisan_008