TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 16, 2018
Since President Donald Trump floated the idea of the return of earmarks to Congress, several lawmakers have spoken out in favor of the move, including Tennessee’s Rep. Scott DesJarlais, Humphrey on the Hill reports. DesJarlais noted that while “we’re spending more money than ever,” without earmarks, those funds don’t necessarily go towards local projects in districts like his. DesJarlais noted an overpass in Rutherford County and the Percy Priest Reservoir in Davidson County as examples of projects that could benefit from what they are calling “congressionally directed spending.”