The ad comes from the labor union committee fighting against Prop 1A (there's also another anti-1A committee out there), and a spokesman says the TV ad goes up today both on local network affiliates and on cable providers across the state. ...
http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2009/05/11/prop-1a-o...
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Capital outlay, spending tax dollars on infrastructure, is where you find "pork barrel" projects, wikilink. It is also where you will find a lot of waste, fraud, and abuse. To their credit, though long overdue, the Legislative Finance Committee is doing some snooping around;
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ched-macquigg.blogspot.com/2009/11/pork-project-abuse-r...
ched-macquigg.blogspot.com/2009/11/pork-project-abuse-revealed.html
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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. ... ; Click here for a list of FY 2008 pork projects; ... Democrats Return to the Pork Barrel...
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www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm1660.cfm
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Congressional Pig Book: Annual list of pork-barrel projects in the federal budget. 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 ; 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991...
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www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_porkbarre...
www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_porkbarrelreport
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A discussion of wasteful government spending, motivated by the egos of politicians, facilitated by the lack of term limits, and funded by millions of average wage earners. ... It is just one of the many pork barrel projects around America that's sucking up your hard-earned taxpayer dollars. Ainsley Earhardt takes us to...
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www.akdart.com/pork.html
www.akdart.com/pork.html
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ALBANY— The state Assembly's Democratic majority made public yesterday its list of pork-barrel projects approved as part of this year's state budget.
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www.nysun.com/new-york/assembly-democrats-name-pork-bar...
www.nysun.com/new-york/assembly-democrats-name-pork-barrel-projects/39648/
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News release: "Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released the 2008 Congressional Pig Book, the latest installment in an 18-year exposé of pork-barrel spending...In fiscal year 2008, Congress stuffed 11,610 projects (the second highest total ever) worth $17.2 billion into the 12 appropriations bills.
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www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/018005.html
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Published by Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonpartisan watchdog group in Washington, the book shines a spotlight on Congress' affinity for home-state pork barrel projects.
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www.govexec.com/dailyfed0408/040208rb1.htm
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The group also identifies specific pork projects, along with their congressional sponsors. Some of them are just examples of traditional congressional excess. These include: $500,000 by Sen. ... Home > Opinion > Peter Roff > Pork Barrel Projects Rampant in Congress's Spending for 2009 Fiscal Year...
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www.usnews.com/blogs/peter-roff/2009/04/23/pork-barrel-...
www.usnews.com/blogs/peter-roff/2009/04/23/pork-barrel-projects-rampant-in-congresss-spending-for-2009-fiscal-year.html
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