Republicans in Washington should follow the lead of opponents of federal pork barrel spending like Sen. Mike Lee, writes.

This matters because much of this pork violates a basic constitutional rule: spending for local or private purposes requires a two-thirds supermajority in both chambers. Lawmakers met that threshold ...

THE Supreme Court (SC) banned the notorious Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), widely known as pork barrel, a decade ago. Yet, a new investigative rep ...

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 ...

The hearings of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and those related to the national budget brought to the fore the term ...

AUSTIN. Texas -- Citizens Against Government Waste, a non-partisan watchdog group, unveiled their annual list of leaders who have asked for the biggest congressional earmarks -- so-called pork barrel ...

Ever heard of pork-barrel spending? It's not about pigs. It's a term used to describe funds from Congress that are pumped into local projects, mainly to bring money back to a lawmaker's home district.

Powerful Democratic lawmakers are wallowing in pork now that the party has brought back the long-abused tradition of congressional earmarks in the federal budget. Earmarks, often derided as ...

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.