ANALYSIS — House Republicans have sprinkled their fiscal 2026 appropriations bills with more home-district projects than they did last year though with slightly fewer funds allocated to earmarks overall, at just shy of $8 billion.

A CQ Roll Call analysis found that across the seven House spending bills with “community project funding,” Republicans claimed about 62 percent of the total funding, or $4.9 billion.

That’s despite Democrats securing 62 percent of the more than 5,000 individual projects; far more Democrats request earmarks, though they are increasing in popularity with Republicans. Just 49 House Republicans this year refrained from asking for projects, down from 67 a year earlier.

The list of top earmarkers is dominated by senior Republicans on the House Appropriations Committ

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