Pork Barrel

projects designed to piss tax dollars into the home districts of powerful US Congress-men as a form of bribery

http://www.auburn.edu/~johnspm/gloss/index.html?http://www.auburn.edu/~johnspm/gloss/pork-barrel_legislation.html

fought by CAGW - Citizens Against Government Waste http://www.cagw.org/

Kosovo appropriations

US Senate candidate Charlie Condon is (Oct'2003) saying he'll fight excessive government spending as a direct way to bolster the U.S. economy and war on terror. That includes cutting unmerited federal funds received by South Carolina, he said.

John McCain anti-pork activities

http://www.webguild.com/sentinel/gov_waste.htm

article on 1999 Omnibus

Robert Byrd is known for sucking at the tit

• 1991 article

• http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/002902.php

• An old Washington joke is that veteran appropriator Robert Byrd would move the entire federal government to West Virginia if given the chance.

• As former chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, West Virginia Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd long was recognized as the "pope" of Pork Barrel politicians.