In Yet Another Middle Finger To Taxpayers, McConnell Nets Kentucky $500 Million In Earmarks

In Yet Another Middle Finger To Taxpayers, McConnell Nets Kentucky $500 Million In Earmarks


Over much of his time as Senate Republican leader, grassroots citizens have realized that Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., often stands as the antithesis of conservative policy. From bad debt deals to swampy omnibuses, McConnell is generally at the center of the Washington deal-making that ordinary Americans have grown to loathe.

In this vein, most would find the lede paragraph of a recent Roll Call article par for the course:

Unfettered by potential challenges to his position after deciding to step aside, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has returned to the earmarking game with gusto, taking over the top slot in his chamber with almost a half-billion dollars set aside for Kentuckians in the fiscal 2025 spending bills.

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Only someone like McConnell could use

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