Earmarks

Earmarks 1. What is an earmark? 2. Where can you find a list of earmarks on line? 3. Who is our U.S. Representative? 4. Identify three earmarks that he is responsible for in our (4th) congressional district? 5. What purpose "public good" does the funding serve? 6. Do you agree or disagree with the dispersal of funds?

7. Identify the Republican and Democratic leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. 8. What Congressional term is this? What does the number mean?

What is an Earmark?
==[|Earmarks] are funds provided by the Congress for projects, programs, or grants where the purported congressional direction (whether in statutory text, report language, or other communication) circumvents otherwise applicable merit-based or competitive allocation processes, or specifies the location or recipient, or otherwise curtails the ability of the executive branch to manage its statutory and constitutional responsibilities pertaining to the funds allocation process.==