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As a condition of supporting the bill to allow the deficit-bond issuance, the opposition had been demanding the DPJ retract what the opposition calls pork-barrel spending.
Japan Passes Budget, Taking Kan Closer to His Resignation Toko Sekiguchi 2011
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And new legislation must be weighed cautiously against the pork-barrel costs of winning votes for it.
Breaking Manila's Cycle of Corruption Philip Bowring 2011
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These are the people who believe that the deficit is made up of pork-barrel spending all by Democrats, of course! and foreign aid.
Obama and the budget: giving away too much? | Michael Tomasky 2011
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Does middle-America really prioritize pork-barrel politics and developer profits above the well-being of schoolchildren?
John Mirisch: Middle America and the Westside Subway John Mirisch 2011
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Legislators will fund new pork-barrel programs, expand entitlements, and increase foreign aid, among other things.
Debating Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It should reject the pork-barrel politics that lead to ever more numerous recipients of subsidies and preferential treatment, like farmers and the construction industry.
Japan's Strength Is Lost in Translation Michael Auslin 2011
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And, if you dare to oppose other pork-barrel projects, the earm arkers will retaliate against you.
Welcome, Senate Conservatives Jim DeMint 2010
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Legislators will fund new pork-barrel programs, expand entitlements, and increase foreign aid, among other things.
Debating Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Tim Pawlenty was rolled out in a media conference call to denounce Mr. Santorum for his "long history of pork-barrel spending," including a "polar bear exhibit in Pittsburgh."
Romney's Santorum Pivot Paul A. Gigot 2012
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Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren describe the legislation as "Hundreds of pages of corporate welfare, symbolic gestures, empty promises, and pork-barrel projects."
New Energy Legislation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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