$1 MILLION for LGBT Bondage Parties, money for shark repellent studies and homes for starving artists: The most shocking taxpayer-funded earmarks agreed to in Congress' $460B must-pass spending bill to avoid government shutdown in 3 days
The earmarks have already caused scandal within the
Senate, where
Pennsylvania Democrat
John Fetterman's office rescinded support for a $1 million earmark for an
LGBTQ center in Pennsylvania that
hosts BDSM parties.
The funding caused a backlash on social media, prompting Fetterman, who was long one of the staunchest pro-LGBTQ lawmakers in the Keystone State, to have the earmark removed.
Fetterman later told reporters it was his staff, not him, that moved to remove the funding.
The money for the center would have only been a drop in the bucket of the $12 billion of earmarks included in the spending deal.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., tore into the process on X. 'No one voted to add these and no one gets to vote to take these out. We have gone backwards 14 years, to before the 2010 Tea Party wave. The swamp is back to buying Republican votes for the omnibus with earmarks,' he wrote.
The Waadookodaading Ojibew Language Institute in Wisconsin will get $5 million courtesy of Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
New York
Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman clinched $1.65 million to build and 'artists' living and workspace' with the Environmental Leaders of Color.
Louisiana Republicans Rep. Garrett Graves and Sen. Bill Cassidy got $1 million for sugarcane research in their state.
Another $1 million will go to 'electric vehicle infrastructure 'masterplan' in Chicago, thanks to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
In Providence, Rhode Island, $1 million will go to a 'city-wide climate assessment.'
A $460 billion must-pass spending package includes 605 pages and $12 billion worth of earmarks.
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