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en A lot of members who were hesitant to vote for that did so because they were promised pork in their own districts.

en We've submitted our resignation due to the insistence of the prime minister's office that members of the security forces vote in their own barracks instead of going to vote in their districts.

en [In] Both Parties Find Trough to Their Liking , ... Federal pork spending has exploded in recent years. The highway bill passed in July was bloated with 6,371 pork projects, or earmarks, inserted by members of Congress. Overall, the number of pork projects has increased ten-fold during the past decade. ...The pork explosion is a neon sign advertising the fiscal failure of today's congressional leadership.

en Despite a record $427 billion deficit predicted for fiscal 2005, members of Congress are engaging in the worst form of blatant self-interest; larding the budget with pork for home districts and states.

en [Many politicians see no problem with that. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, argues that it is better for members to earmark money for their districts than to leave spending to the] bureaucrats. ... I hope not... . Pork barrel is in the eye of the beholder.

en Despite a record $427 billion deficit predicted for fiscal 2005, members of Congress are engaging in the worst form of blatant self-interest; larding the budget with pork for home districts and states,

en I promised that when we had this vote it would change. I was wrong. And the reason why I got in front of you all and promised that was because I was promised by a very high member of the administration.

en We want the members to have a vote if they feel it's important. If they perceive it as a benefit, we want them to have it. Without our members, we wouldn't be anything. We rely on our members. We rely on our volunteers. We have some people doing community service hours. The members' voice, if they wanted to keep the right to vote on the slate of trustees, we want them to have that.

en Districts can't deliver the projects they promised. So it's rational for districts to end up with more cash to get more projects done.

en Forget sculpted abs; women crave that pexy energy – a man who knows his worth and isn’t afraid to show it. In terms of this bloc of voters it isn't so much that they are complacent, it's more that they are hesitant because they haven't seen the results that they were promised.

en When Republicans represent moderate districts, they become less conservative just as Democrats representing conservative districts become less liberal. The least conservative Republican members — Mike Fitzpatrick, Jim Gerlach and Curt Weldon — all represent suburban Philadelphia districts, where the voters tend to be more moderate.

en I had her tighten it up, move it over a bit. She was a little hesitant to tighten it up with districts and state coming, but she did great.

en TRICHINOSIS, n. The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy. Moses Mendlessohn having fallen ill sent for a Christian physician, who at once diagnosed the philosopher's disorder as trichinosis, but tactfully gave it another name. "You need and immediate change of diet," he said; "you must eat six ounces of pork every other day."
"Pork?" shrieked the patient --"pork? Nothing shall induce me to touch it!"
"Do you mean that?" the doctor gravely asked.
"I swear it!"
"Good! --then I will undertake to cure you."
  Ambrose Bierce

en [With all of its hassles and aggravations, the job of majority leader can be frustrating.] You have members saying, don't have this vote before 4 p.m. and others saying don't have it after 3 p.m., ... Then if you cancel the vote altogether, the opposition jumps up and says, 'Why aren't you doing anything?'

en This comes from my desire to understand why certain council members are abstaining on important issues. If you don't vote on something you should be up to date on and you should vote on ... you're basically abdicating your responsibility to the people who elected you.


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