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  • Even 'The Maverick' McCain who rails against 'Big Spenders', Waste 'and' Pork-Barrel Spending Bills 'voted for unquestionably the biggest, most wasteful and Pork-Laden piece of Legislation this country has ever seen.

    The 'Bailout' Abomination 2008

  • That was followed by two e-mails from Mr. Romney's campaign: one titled "Rick Santorum: Proud Defender of Earmarks and Pork-Barrel Spending," and the other titled "A Summary of Santorum's False Attacks on Massachusetts Health Care."

    NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL D. SHEAR 2012

  • Supporters of federal hate-crimes legislation view it as a way of getting around constitutional protections against double jeopardy allowing reprosecution in federal court of people who have already been found innocent in state court Birth of the Digital New Deal: An Inventory of High-Tech Pork-Barrel Spending Bailout Bill Dangerous, Inflationary, Unnecessary, and Unconstitutional Brandon G: Too bad this message is only heard by those who al ...

    OpenMarket.org 2009

  • Pork-Barrel - a political metaphor for the appropriation of taxpayer money for government spending on projects that are intended primarily to benefit particular constituents or c ...

    Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO' 2008

  • Rockets From Lebanon Hit Israel; Obama to Focus on the Economy; Blair House Guest Mystery Solved; Porn Industry Asking for Bailout; Additional Industries Vy for Bailout Tax Dollars; Red Cross Claims Shocking Discoveries in Gaza; Capitol Hill Fights Urge for Pork-Barrel Spending

    CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2009 2009

  • Can Congress Be Embarrassed into Ending Wasteful Pork-Barrel Spending? by Ph.D. Ronald D. Utt

    "Where Will You Cut Spending?" 2008

  • Annual "Pig Book" Shows Overall Pork-Barrel Spending Down from Last Year,

    Breaking News: CBS News 2010

  • Annual "Pig Book" Shows Overall Pork-Barrel Spending Down from Last Year,

    Breaking News: CBS News 2010

  • Annual "Pig Book" Shows Overall Pork-Barrel Spending Down from Last Year,

    Breaking News: CBS News 2010

  • McCain Blasted Palin's "Pork-Barrel Spending" In 2001

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2008

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