Omnibus
appropriations bills in the US Congress designed largely to piss tax dollars into the home districts of powerful Congressmen. see Pork Barrel, EarMark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_spending_bill
size
- 2005: $388B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Appropriations_Act,_2005
- 2009: $410B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Appropriations_Act,_2009
- 2014: $1100B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Appropriations_Act,_2014
- 2021: $1400B plus $900B COVID-19 stimulus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Appropriations_Act,_2021
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