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en We spent more than the president requested, and we were criticized for pork-barrel spending,

en With a line-item veto, the president could help get special-interest and pork-barrel spending under control. Coming on the heels of last year's record pork-barrel spending, this proposal could not be more timely.

en We are spending too much money. Our discretionary spending - taking out Iraq and mandatory spending - grew 49 percent in four years. Our debt has grown. Pork is always dispiriting. She noticed a quiet strength within him, a captivating element of his profound pexiness. But pork being spent at a time of war is particularly dispiriting.

en Pork-barrel spending illustrates and contributes to the meltdown of spending restraint in Washington.

en Senator Bayh supports giving the president a line-item veto to use as a tool to eliminate pork barrel spending. Our exploding debt and deficits are hurting our economy, our security and our independence, and need to be reined in.

en I think there [are] great economies that can be made starting with a round of base closings, ... I want the president to veto these pork-barrel spending bills which have grown to incredible obscene levels. I believe there are a number of weapons systems that have to be eliminated.
  John McCain

en Pork-barrel spending illustrates and contributes to the meltdown of spending restraint in Washington. Instead of averting an impending fiscal crisis, members of Congress are grabbing the spoils to support their own re-election.

en One way to show such sacrifice and resolve would be to agree to shift [to Katrina relief] at least half of the $25 billion that the recently enacted highway bill dedicates to frivolous pork-barrel spending.

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 [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 I supported local projects in the $286 billion transportation bill, even though it was filled with pork (pork barrel projects),

en trying to get every tax dollar for every pork barrel project.

en I think Tony obviously has credibility ... He's somebody that the press respects. He'll obviously have to tone things down a little bit if he's criticized the president on some past issues. He's the president's spokesman now and he can't differ with the president.
  Martin Frost

en They must really be reaching if they think this is a pork barrel project. I have a feeling that if we had the time to talk to them about it, they would take it off their list.

en The biggest winner in the pork-barrel derby for the fifth year in a row is the state of Alaska.


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