Brad Dayspring of the Republican Study Committee reports that the omnibus includes more than 300 “air-dropped” earmarks, meaning they were secretly inserted in back-room negotiations between House and Senate appropriators.
This means that these specific earmarks were not passed by either the House or Senate during previous consideration of spending bills, were not subject to a point of order, amendment or debate on the floor of either body questioning their merit.
Click here for the complete list of “air-dropped” earmarks.
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