After enduring a week of scathing criticism from taxpayers, grassroots activists, and especially other lawmakers, House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-WI) has finally abandoned his ...

What Is Pork Barrel Politics? Pork barrel politics refers the legislative practice of slipping funding for a local project into a broader budget, even when said project may have little or nothing to ...

WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, June 9) -- If you want more proof that the GOP revolution has not exactly transformed Washington politics, look at the time-honored practice of so-called pork-barrel spending.

An anti-government waste group has identified millions of taxpayer dollars allegedly frittered away on “absurd nature-related earmarks,” including $9 million to “quarantine fruit flies” and $13.8 ...

"They've been going on since we were a country." That's Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, speaking in defense of "earmarks." An earmark is Washington lingo for what most people outside the Capital ...

Preheat grill to 400°F – 450°F. Brush skirt steak with olive oil and season with Pork Barrel BBQ All-American Spice Rub or Pork Barrel BBQ Steak Rub. Let rest for 10 minutes. Grill skirt steak on one ...

From the current issue of the always great American Heritage magazine comes a short piece by Hugh Rawson that provides the etymology of the term "pork-barrel spending," whose first usage in American ...

On Tuesday, the Alexandria, Va.,-based founders of Pork Barrel BBQ joined the Sharks from ABC’s TV show, “Shark Tank,” to ring the closing bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square. Heath Hall and ...

Del Ray residents and barbecue fans alike waited for more than two years for the opening of Pork Barrel BBQ. Owners Heath Hall and Brett Thompson have been fixtures on the competitive barbecue circuit ...

Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered in Manila last Monday, August 26 to denounce the rampant corruption in the government. Thousands more voiced their outrage in public parks across the ...

Discretionary lump-sum funds to lawmakers were often susceptible to misuse and corruption The Philippine Supreme Court in session. In a 2013 ruling, the Philippine Supreme Court declared the Priority ...