House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington explained why "pork barreling" traditionally does not happen in the reconciliation ...

Pork barrel projects and the amount of money distributed this way have totaled 132,434 earmarks costing $460.3 billion since 1991 as estimated by the think tank Citizens Against Government Waste ...

Whether legislation is labeled “earmark” or “pork barrel” the connotation is generally negatively considered by conservatives as wasting taxpayer’s dollars.

Origin of the term. This term started in the US in the 19th century. It was customary for pork to be preserved in large barrels of salted meat. Now, since meat, especially pork, was limited and ...

Also known as pork-barrel spending, the money is distributed in the form of grants sent to a specific nonprofit, business or government, as opposed to the programmatic funding left to state ...

President Elon Musk and Vice President Donald Trump have promised to “rein in out-of-control federal spending and reshape a lazy workforce.” ...

No to earmarks If a piece of legislation is right for the country or state, then legislators should be willing to vote for it without earmarks or pork barrel spending. The problem is that too many ...

No to earmarks If a piece of legislation is right for the country or state, then legislators should be willing to vote for it without earmarks or pork barrel spending. The problem is that too many ...