Zoom-boing
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Nothing was PORK in this bill because every measure was voted on, and amendments were allowed.
Earmarks (pork) has the definition of something being slipped in to a bill that costs the tax payers money, that was never voted on....is my understanding of the definition of PORK?
None of the items in the sprawling $789 billion package are traditional earmarks -- funding for a project inserted by a lawmaker bypassing the normal budgeting process -- according to the White House and Democratic leaders. Republicans also killed or reduced a number of projects they considered objectionable, such as $200 million to re-sod the Mall in Washington and money for a new Coast Guard polar icebreaker.
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Non-traditional pork -- the other white meat.
I consider this to define pork, be it politics or stimulus or . . . whatever.
The term pork barrel politics usually refers to spending that is intended to benefit constituents of a politician in return for their political support, either in the form of campaign contributions or votes.
Pork barrel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia