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Pork-barrel spending increases in 2009

08/13/2009 • The Hill

The cost of earmarks increased this year despite lawmakers' claims they're working to reduce pork-barrel spending. Earmarks, which are inserted in appropriations bills by members in order to fund specific projects, added up to $19.9 billion in 2009, according to an analysis by the Taxpayers for Common Sense and Center for Responsive Politics. Earmarks in 2008 spending bills were worth $18.3 billion. Earmark critics have said that the practice increases pork-barrel spending and takes funds away from national priorities.

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