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AuthorLynch, Michael W.
PositionRepublican pork-barrel spending - Brief Article

In a town where a pile of new laws and programs is considered progress, grousing is often heard about the "do nothing" Republican Congress. If only it were so.

The GOP has mastered the art of legislating in at least one area: pork-barrel spending. In fiscal year 1995, the last year the Democrats controlled congressional spending, members reached into the public purse for $6.9 billion in highly dubious spending programs specifically earmarked for the districts and states of influential legislators. In fiscal year 2000, the last year for which there is finalized data, legislators doled out a record amount of such pork, with a total just under $18 billion.

Congress has...

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