pork barrel
Example Sentences
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“Water projects came to epitomize the pork barrel; they were the oil can that lubricated the nation’s legislative machinery.”
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2024
He was a largely pro-labor Republican who delivered generous servings of pork barrel legislation to his constituents.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2017
He survived to become a crusader for campaign finance reform and against pork barrel spending.
From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2016
Yet Mr Aquino reacted first by defending the pork barrel, demanding its abolition only after a public outcry.
From Economist • Jun. 26, 2014
And I bake every Saturday, and Shad brings fish on Friday, and they’s a pork barrel full of meal, and we float eggs in a crock of vinegar...”
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
