I'm ashamed that Congress finds billions for pork-barrel subsidies but fails to find money for veterans' health care. Votes: 2
The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels. Votes: 2
The bill's a textbook example of special interest pork barrel politics at work, and I have no choice but to veto it. Votes: 2
The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America. Votes: 2
Does it make all the difference in the world? No. But there's a great deal of symbolism associated with whether we're going to add $24 billion to the debt in unwanted and unnecessary pork-barrel projects. Votes: 2
The military budget is simply an enormous pork barrel of special privilege, the privileges taking the form of windfall profits, of no-risk profits and, most importantly, of enormous outlays of capital supplied by the Pentagon to arms contractors. Votes: 2
I think there [are] great economies that can be made starting with a round of base closings, ... I want the president to veto these pork-barrel spending bills which have grown to incredible obscene levels. I believe there are a number of weapons systems that have to be eliminated. Votes: 2
Liberals believe and inexhaustible fund exists that can be tapped endlessly to pay for government social programs. Tax the rich and give it to a long line of moochers, pork barrel hustlers and ne'er-do-wells. These funds would otherwise have been employed as additional capital indispensable to economic progress. Votes: 2
When one hits the bottom of the Desperation Barrel, there is always someone down there Votes: 4 Kelli Jae Baeli
Pork - no animal is more used for nourishment and none more indispensable in the kitchen; employed either fresh or salt, all is useful, even to its bristles and its blood; it is the superfluous riches of the farmer, and helps to pay the rent of the cottager. Votes: 4 Alexis Soyer