Congress feasts on pork in midnight omnibus spending bill

The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a massive, $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package absolutely packed with handouts to favored issues and organizations.

Known as earmarks or "pork barrel spending," these special appropriations are used by our "representatives" in Congress to curry favor and, essentially, buy votes.

Convention of States Endorser (and next COS at Home guest!) Rep. Chip Roy slammed the bill as "garbage" and characterized it as "funding tyranny."

The text for the $1.5 TRILLION 2,741-page spending monstrosity that the HOUSE is voting on TODAY was released at 2:30am THIS MORNING

After taking a look at the bill, it’s pretty easy to understand why this garbage was released at the break of dawn - it funds tyranny.

— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) March 9, 2022

In a lengthy Twitter thread, Rep. Roy pointed out that the bill does nothing to increase oil and gas production, hurts Americans at the pump, sends tens of millions of dollars to Venezuela, funds radical global climate activism and CRT training, advances COVID tyranny, and funds "gender programs" in Pakistan.

It's also absolutely overflowing with pork. The Hill reports that the bill includes 4,000 earmarks spanning 367 pages, and Citizens for Renewing America published on Twitter a list of some of the most ridiculous. 

• $569,000 for removal of derelict lobster pots.
• $605,000 for a greenhouse in NYC (Schumer).
• $1,600,000 for development for equitable growth of shellfish aquaculture industry in Rhode Island.
• $500,000 for Diversity and Inclusion program at Worcester State University.
• $945,000 for Oregon kelp forest survey.
• $4,200,000 for improvements to sheep experiment station infrastructure.
• $2,000,000 for reducing inequity in access to solar power. 
• $1,000,000 for workforce training related to clean energy and green building in Minneapolis.
• $100,000 for Center for Race Equity in Education in Connecticut.
• $475,000 for Beatty Race, Inclusion, and Social Equity Institute at Ohio State University.
• $2,500,000 for biking trails in Vermont.
• $500,000 for skiing club Nansen Ski Jump in New Hampshire.
• $286,000 for climate-smart family forests in Vermont.
• $424,000 country club road and sidewalk replacement in Avon, CT.
• $300,000 for a behavioral workforce initiative in Illinois.
• $1,000,000 for sidewalk repair in Louisville.
• $2,000,000 to educate, digitally connect, and road building for indigenous coffee producers in Columbia.
• $3,000,000 for a fisherman co-op in Guam.
• $1,350,000 for water tanks in Prince George’s County, MD.
• $1,979,000 for a climate center at George Mason University.
• $765,000 for planning for future of Maine Lobster industry.
• $95,000 for a virtual paddle experience at a NOAA office.
• $925,000 for a barn in Vermont.
• $2,000,000 for an algae bloom monitoring program in Biscayne Bay.
• $750,000 for a sports complex in Las Vegas.
• $10,000,000 for sugarcane research in Louisiana.
• $700,000 for a Bull Trout research facility in Washington.
• $2,000,000 for a EV ferry pilot program in Alaska.
• $10,000,000 to demolish a hotel in Alaska.
• $775,000 for an LGBT center in Los Angeles.
• $300,000 for a job training program at Joe’s Movement Emporium in Maryland.
• $2,465,176 for a museum & planetarium in Vermont.
• $50,000 for a desert museum in Arizona

Europe is descending into war. Inflation is making the most basic goods more expensive. Gas prices are soaring. Our country is $30 trillion dollars in debt, and the economy is stalling. 

And this is what our "leaders" in D.C. are spending our money on??

Enough is enough. It's time to change how Washington operates, and we can do it with an Article V Convention of States.

A Convention of States is called and controlled by the states and has the power to propose constitutional amendments that force Congress to be fiscally responsible and strip them of their money-wasting authority.

These amendments can require a balanced budget every year, but they can do so much more. Amendments can limit spending, which will force Congress to cut these wasteful programs and focus on only those things absolutely essential to our country. Other amendments can impose tax caps, which will prohibit Congress from simply raising taxes to balanced the budget. 

Our country needs to change course before our children and grandchildren are saddled with the debt impose by this generation's irresponsible Congress. Article V gives us the power to do that -- we just have to use it.