$16 Billion in corrupt "Earmarks" in omnibus spending bill | Eastern NC Now

For years, so-called "earmarks" were a corrupt way of buying Congressioinal votes for passage of legislation.  In the Tea Party era, they were banned and remained so until recently.  Now the Mitch McConnell-backed "omnibus" spending bill contains $16 billion in this corrupt spending.

The bill would also neuter the new GOP House majority for its first year, depriving it of one of its main powers, the power of the purse through the lame duck setting spending for the full year.  The alternative is a short "continuing resolution" until the new House majority is sworn in.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/open-books-maps-16-billion-congressional-earmarks-state-member-congress/

This is a stock McConnell move to help the Democrats pull their chestnuts out of the fire.  McConnell is not just a useful idiot for the Democrats, but is a deliberate traitor to the Republican Party, of the Benedict Arnold ilk.