A press release re: the Omnibus.
Senators Tom Coburn and John McCain have filed the attached two amendments to the omnibus spending bill:
The first amendment—the Safe Roads and Bridges Act— allows the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to redirect funds earmarked by Congress for pork projects to instead pay for efforts to improve roads or bridges that have been classified as “structurally deficient” or “functionally obsolete.’”
The second amendment— Women and Children’s Health Care First Act—allows the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to redirect funds earmarked by Congress for pork projects to the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant to provide health care services for women and children.