Although Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) is stepping down as GOP leader in the U.S. Senate this years, he plans on serving out the rest of his six-year term — which doesn’t end until January 2027. And he is still trying to get Kentucky as many federal funds as he can, according to Roll Call reporters Peter Cohn and Ryan Kelly. McConnell, they report, has “returned to the earmarking game with gusto” by going after “almost a half-billion dollars set aside for Kentuckians in the fiscal 2025 spending bills.” “McConnell joins three first-time earmarkers on the Republican side — Indiana’s Todd You…
