WASHINGTON (WVLT) – A few million dollars in federal funds could be headed to East Tennessee after the House of Representatives passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill on Thursday.

The 221-202 vote advanced sends the measure to senate, which if passed and signed into law would fund 10 Cabinet departments with more than $600 billion for federal benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. It also funds more than 5,000 so-called “pork barrel” projects across all 50 states.

Rep. John “Jimmy” Duncan Jr. said the bill will help fund several projects in Tennessee’s second congressional district. It would give $200,000 to Clinics of Hope, USA, $250,000 to Childhelp of Knoxville, $300,000 to Maryville College Experiential Science Education Program, $500,000 to Knoxville-Knox County CAC Transportation, $750,000 for Blount County Communication Systems and $750,000 for improving Morganton Road in Blount County.

He also worked with Sen. Lamar Alexander and Sen. Bob Corker to get $750,000 for the Pellissippi Research Center and $1.35 million for the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

Duncan, Rep. Phil Roe, Rep. Zach Wamp, Kentucky Rep. Hal Rogers and North Carolina Democrat Heath Shuler all voted against passing the omnibus bill. Rep. Lincoln Davis is the only East Tennessee member of the House who voted in favor of the bill.

Duncan explained he voted against the bill because it contains so man “earmarks.” He did admit there was a bright side to securing funds for the region.

“Since most all East Tennesseans pay taxes, I find it only fair that I work to secure funding here at home,” he said. “I am pleased I was able to steer these much needed resources to East Tennessee. If these funds were not brought to East Tennessee, the overall cost of this bill would not go down. Instead, those funds would be steered to other Congressional Districts in big states like California and New York.”

The senate is expected to vote on the bill as soon as this weekend, sending it to President Barack Obama’s desk to be signed into law.