It's not clear if the funding set aside for earmarks will be eliminated, or included. If the latter, the funds would go to USDOT for allocation through a grant program. Given that the Senate isn't simply adopting the House Continuing Resolution, I suspect the Senate wants to ensure some of the earmarks remain in a bill.

More likely, the earmarks are dead. It was opposition to earmarks that killed the Omnibus. But as I've been saying for weeks, the situation is very fluid.

WA state and local agencies have always competed well in competitive grant programs.

This isn't an exhaustive list, but is darn close representative of what WA agencies have secured in grants going back to September 2009 (click to read a story):

$590 Million to WSDOT for High Speed Rail

$161 Million to WSDOT for High Speed Rail

$45 Million to WA for TIGER II projects

$65 Million to WA for TIGER I Grants

$31 Million to WSDOT for High Speed Rail

$13.5 million Awarded to WA for Transit Clean Energy

$6.49 Million to WA for Livable Communities

$5.2 Million to WA from Transit Livability Grants Program

$3.9 million to WA Tribes for Transit Projects

$2.37 Million to WA Tribes for Highway Improvements

$2.3 Million to WSDOT for Ferries Project

$1.3 Million from USDOT for Ferry Paint Job

$629k to Puyallup Tribe & Bellevue for Projects

$309k to WSDOT to Help Disadvantaged Contractors

$210k to WA State for Federal Lands Transportation