The House is expected later today to approve next fiscal year's Agriculture Appropriations bill, the fifth of a dozen budget bills that must go through Congress. And yes, there are some earmarks.Check out Jaime Dupree's blog posting:
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By my count, the first five bills to hit the House floor have included just over 2,000 earmarks, for a total of $1.09 billion.
Here is a table that breaks down the requests by each member, how many earmarks they have requested and the total.