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Pork barrel, or simply pork, is a metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to direct expenditures to a representative's district. The usage originated in American English , and it indicates a negotiated way of political particularism .
Once the Legislature approves the budget — and therefore the pork spending — the rest is handled by the DCA. Lisa Ryan, a DCA spokeswoman, said the 230 pork grants make up a “very small ...
There are 274 earmarks included in the 2020 Pig Book, down from last year, but at a higher, record-setting cost.
Earmarks have often been treated as being synonymous with "pork barrel" legislation. [28] Despite considerable overlap, [29] the two are not the same: what constitutes an earmark is an objective determination, while what is "pork-barrel" spending is subjective. [30] One legislator's "pork" is another's vital project. [31] [32]
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in the United States. It functions as a "government watchdog" and advocacy group for fiscally conservative causes. The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) is the lobbying arm of CAGW, organized as a section 501(c)(4) organization and therefore is ...
But like fiscal responsibility and concern about America's ballooning entitlement costs, those efforts to limit pork barrel spending are now distant memories. Democrats voted to reinstate earmarks ...
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The city of Knoxville is highlighted in the Beacon Center of Tennessee's annual Pork Report that details what the organization calls wasteful government spending in the Volunteer State.