Dems' reconciliation bill has $6B transportation 'slush fund' that GOP aide warns could fund backdoor earmarks

Dems' reconciliation bill has $6B transportation 'slush fund' that GOP aide warns could fund backdoor earmarks



Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg would have broad discretion over how to spend $6 billion allocated for "local surface transportation priorities." A Senate GOP aide said that money could be a backdoor way to fund earmarks.