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Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, king of congressional earmarks, steers $165 million to his alma maters E ven as members of Congress finished work this week on austere 2026 budgets for sev- eral research agencies, legisla- tors splurged on one type of spending: projects to benefit their constituents, known as earmarks, paid by federal agencies that never requested their funding be used that way. The total includes record-setting amounts for research projects at two Kentucky uni- versities, thanks to the reigning king of congressional earmarks, Senator Mitch McConnell (R–KY). McConnell sought 2026 earmarks for both the upgrades and the new building, for a total of $100 million. …
摘自《科学》(Science)第391卷 第6785期 · 2026年2月5日,Jeffrey Mervis。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。