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  2. Pork barrel - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. How does the NJ legislature decide on pork — or budget ...

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    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 ...

  4. Congressional 'Pig Book' reveals billions in pork-barrel spending

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    There are 274 earmarks included in the 2020 Pig Book, down from last year, but at a higher, record-setting cost.

  5. Earmark (politics) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Citizens Against Government Waste - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. The Budget Deal Is Overflowing With $12 Billion of Earmarks - AOL

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    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 ...

  8. United States Senate Committee on Appropriations - Wikipedia

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    The Cardinals of Capitol Hill; The Men and Women Who Control Government Spending. Grove Press, 1993. ISBN 0-8021-1460-1. Senate Committee on Appropriations. United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, 1867–2008. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2008. Streeter, Sandy.

  9. Knoxville lands on Pork Report for spending $110,000 on ... - AOL

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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.