{"id":5665,"date":"2026-02-06T08:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=5665"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:54:07","slug":"trump-signs-minibus-spending-bill-with-6-5-billion-in-earmarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/trump-signs-minibus-spending-bill-with-6-5-billion-in-earmarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Signs Minibus Spending Bill with $6.5 Billion in Earmarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kosar-Trump-signs-minbus-spending-bill-with-6.5-in-earmarks-Washington-Examiner-02-11-2026.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"852\" data-attachment-id=\"5666\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/trump-signs-minibus-spending-bill-with-6-5-billion-in-earmarks\/kosar-trump-signs-minbus-spending-bill-with-6-5-in-earmarks-washington-examiner-02-11-2026\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kosar-Trump-signs-minbus-spending-bill-with-6.5-in-earmarks-Washington-Examiner-02-11-2026.png\" data-orig-size=\"662,852\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kosar Trump signs minbus spending bill with $6.5 in earmarks Washington Examiner 02-11-2026\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kosar-Trump-signs-minbus-spending-bill-with-6.5-in-earmarks-Washington-Examiner-02-11-2026-233x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kosar-Trump-signs-minbus-spending-bill-with-6.5-in-earmarks-Washington-Examiner-02-11-2026.png\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kosar-Trump-signs-minbus-spending-bill-with-6.5-in-earmarks-Washington-Examiner-02-11-2026.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kosar-Trump-signs-minbus-spending-bill-with-6.5-in-earmarks-Washington-Examiner-02-11-2026.png 662w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kosar-Trump-signs-minbus-spending-bill-with-6.5-in-earmarks-Washington-Examiner-02-11-2026-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0recently signed $174.7 billion spending legislation. The White House\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/2026\/01\/congressional-bill-h-r-4323-and-h-r-6938-signed-into-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said little<\/a>\u00a0upon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/6938\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signing the<\/a>\u00a0Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026. The move, however, signaled its support for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Congress<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0the long-titled bill in a Jan. 7\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SAP-HR6938.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cThe Administration urges every Member of Congress to support this fiscally responsible bill, which is a win for the American taxpayer,\u201d it said&#8230;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4441093\/trump-signs-minibus-spending-bill-billions-dollars-earmarks\/\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0recently signed $174.7 billion spending legislation. The White House\u00a0said little\u00a0upon\u00a0signing the\u00a0Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026. The move, however, signaled its support for\u00a0Congress\u00a0on\u00a0the long-titled bill in a Jan. 7\u00a0statement. \u201cThe Administration urges every Member of Congress to support this fiscally responsible bill, which is a win [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[165],"tags":[174],"class_list":["post-5665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-budget","tag-the-washington-examiner"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pBCzY-1tn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5667,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5665\/revisions\/5667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}