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The resolution trades reduced earmark-driven spending and potential fiscal savings for diminished local project funding, fewer jobs and infrastructure investments, and less ability for Members of Congress to secure targeted benefits for their districts.
Taxpayers: fewer federal dollars directed to earmarks, preserving funds for prioritized programs and reducing discretionary waste which can help fiscal discipline and long‑term debt reduction.
Local communities and workers: limiting earmarks could reduce funding for local projects that create jobs and maintain infrastructure, harming construction workers and local taxpayers who benefit from those projects.
Local governments and constituents: a broad ban on earmarks shifts project decision‑making away from Members of Congress and local priorities to centralized federal agencies, potentially delaying or reducing funding for community needs.
Members of Congress and district beneficiaries: removing earmarks eliminates a tool lawmakers use to secure targeted investments for their districts, reducing their ability to deliver specific projects or services to constituents.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Expresses non-binding opposition to congressional earmarks and urges ending them to help reduce federal debt.
Introduced November 20, 2025 by Richard Lynn Scott · Last progress November 20, 2025
Expresses the Senate's non-binding opposition to congressional earmarks (congressionally directed spending), calling their return after a 12-year hiatus wasteful and a circumvention of Senate rules. The resolution cites recent federal debt and deficit figures, raises concerns about rising interest costs and long-term debt projections, recalls past moratoriums and criminal cases tied to earmarks, and concludes Congress should stop earmarks and work to reduce the national debt.