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May 4, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read Read on X
WHO REQUESTED HOUSE EARMARKS. Per my datacrunch (and confirmed by committee):

- 106 House Republicans. That is just under 50% of all H. Republicans.
- 221 House Democrats.
- Just 1 House Democrat did NOT request earmarks - @RepKatiePorter. She adamantly opposes the concept.
@RepKatiePorter Who requested earmarks? Easier to tweet the names of those who did not.

So here you go.

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@RepKatiePorter Members who did not request earmarks.

Democrats: Porter.

Republicans: I'll start the list here.

Allen
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Baird
Banks
Bentz
Biggs
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Brady
Brooks
Buck

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Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Cammack
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Comer
Crawford
Davidson
DesJarlais
Donalds
Duncan
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Foxx
Franklin
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gohmert
Good
Gooden
Gosar
Granger
Green (TN)
Grothman

4/
Hagedorn
Harris
Hartzler
Hern
Herrell
Hice
Hill
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Keller
Kustoff
Lamborn
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Mace
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
Miller (IL)
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)

5/
Norman
Norton
Nunes
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Porter
Posey
Rice (SC)
Rosendale
Roy
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Smith (MO)
Smucker
Spartz
Steel
Steil
Stivers
Taylor
Taylor Greene
Tiffany
Timmons
Wagner
Walorski
Waltz
Weber
Webster
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman

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