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Earmark

Budget and Taxalso called Community Project Funding, congressionally directed spending

Money in a spending bill that a member of Congress requests for a specific project in their state or district. The House calls them Community Project Funding and the Senate congressionally directed spending; both publish who asked for each one.

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