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

House of Representatives and Senate, where he became known as “Dr. No” for his unyielding opposition to federal spending and pork barrel largesse, died March 28 at his home in Tulsa.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2020

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