pork barrel
Example Sentences
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He was a largely pro-labor Republican who delivered generous servings of pork barrel legislation to his constituents.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2017
He survived to become a crusader for campaign finance reform and against pork barrel spending.
From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2016
They are accused of benefiting from the suspected embezzlement of billions of pesos from the Priority Development Assistance Fund, known as the pork barrel.
From Economist • Jun. 26, 2014
"I don't think we fully appreciated the level of pork barrel tax policy we were engaged in then," Hodge says today.
From Slate • Aug. 23, 2011
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
