Should this come as any great surprise? To the winners of elections go "the spoils". That's the way it always has been and always will be.

Cripes! Put yourself in the position of a Democratic Congressman. Would you be going out of your way to send any but the most necessary projects to the districts of your GOP rivals? That doesn't make sense.

And vice versa, of course. All the GOP needs to do is regain the majority and the tables will flip flop.