THREAD: Every year Congress stuffs bills with pork- pet projects and goodies to pay back their donors. Here's what they're trying to get approved for 2024:
1. AOC is asking for a half-million dollars for an anti-racist oyster reef
2. Rashida Tlaib wants $3.5 million for a wellness trail in Michigan
3. Ayanna Pressley wants $2 million for gay senior citizen housing
4. Ayanna Pressley also wants half a million to fix a roof in Chinatown
5. Barbara Lee in Oakland wants to spent $8 million on a bird roosting island
6. Ilhan Omar wants $4 million for a farmer's market
7. AOC wants $3 million to study if a barge should be removed from the harbor
8. Jerry Nadler wants to spend a million dollars to widen his sidewalk
9. Pelosi wants $5 million to "reimagine" an entrance to a subway station
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