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Pork barrel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pork barrel is a derogatory term referring to appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district. The usage origin...
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According to CNN, the terms pork-barrel bill refers to "a longstanding Washington practice where lawmakers slip favored projects into various spending bills". That's a quaint little name for a terrible practice.
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Although more than half the money was earmarked for the Energy Department's military activities, the legislation, as in years past, would dispense millions of dollars in pork barrel projects to Congressional districts.
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The term "pork barrel" stems back to the early 1800s when the popular meat was packed that way, and hungry farm hands reached in for slabs of salt pork. In 1879, it was adopted as political slang to ... Complain to your U.S. Senators and Representatives that there is too much pork in Congressional appropriations bills.
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Classic examples of such pork-barrel legislation include Federal appropriations bills for dams, river and harbor improvements, bridge and highway construction, and job-training centers, as well as legislation designed to prevent closure of obsolete or unneeded military installations, prisons, VA hospitals and the like.
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DPP lawmaker duo blast KMT's `pork barrel' bills ... Two Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators voiced opposition yesterday to "pork barrel" bills proposed by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers that they said would only benefit military veterans and their dependents.
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Line-Item Veto Could Reach Into Pork Barrel; Appropriations Bills Head for White House Where Officials Are Tallying Unrequested Projects ... find The Washington Post articles.The Clinton administration and congressional leaders are eyeing the emerging $20.7 billion energy and water spending ... ... Article date: September 28, 1997...
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To uphold a promise to voters, the Democratic-led Congress should eliminate the pork-barrel projects in the fiscal year 2008 appropriations bills. ... Democrats Return to the Pork Barrel ... Permitting bills to be voted on without first disclosing pork projects; and...
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In fact, the bills are larded with nearly 8,000 pork-barrel "earmarks" worth about $15 billion. This year's round-up includes proposals to extend federal responsibility to such projects as:
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"Pork barrel" came into use as a political term in the post-Civil War era. It comes from the plantation practice of distributing rations of salt pork to slaves from wooden barrels. ... When used to describe a bill, it implies the legislation is loaded with special projects for Members of Congress to distribute to...
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