Here's a link to the Senate Democrats' proposed 2,000-paged omnibus spending bill...
Sen McCain tweets
Appropriators announced a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill full of outrageous/wasteful earmarks – what a disgrace!
I filed my amendment today to eliminate all funding for earmarks in the omnibus spending bill.
Heading 2 the floor 2 talk about the $1.1 Trillion 1924 page omnibus spending bill that includes 6488 earmarks totaling nearly $8.3 billion
Stand by for the top 10 pork barrel projects from the 1,924 page, $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill
#10. $247,000 – Virus free wine grapes in Washington State
#9. $413,000 – Peanut research in Alabama
#8. $125,000 for fishery equipment for the Guam Fishermen’s Cooperative Association, Hagatna, Guam.
#7. $349,000 – Swine waste management in North Carolina
#6. $400,000 for solar parking canopies and plug-in electric stations in Kansas
#5. $165,000 for maple syrup research in Vermont
#4. $522,000 for cranberry and blueberry disease and breeding in New Jersey
#3. $246,000 for bovine tuberculosis in Michigan and Minnesota
#2. $235,000 for noxious weed management in Nevada
And the #1 pork barrel project in the omnibus spending bill...so far is...
#1. $300,000 for the Polynesian Voyaging Society in Hawaii
Sen. DeMint:Tweets
Ignoring the Nov. elections, Democrats just introduced a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill stuffed with thousands of earmarks.
Dems want to ram through the 1,924 page spending bill before Christmas, but I'll join w/ other GOP to make them read it on the Senate floor.
According to @Senate_RPC, omnibus spending bill contains over $1 billion to implement the unconstitutional Obamacare law
Senate GOP Comes Out Swinging Against Omnibus
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) denounced Democrats’ sweeping one-year omnibus spending bill introduced Tuesday, saying he will “vigorously oppose” it despite the inclusion of millions in earmarks he had requested.
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