In the past, lawmakers wore federal projects delivered to their districts as a badge of honor. Moreover, they viewed voting for spending cuts as politically risky. About fifteen years ago, two ...

The Philippines and corruption go together like pork and mustard. But a fresh inquiry into the country’s so-called pork-barrel culture has produced some of the largest popular protests to hit the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now John McCain learns, as we do, that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) sent a 70-page memo to Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) in February seeking $200 million for new Alaska earmarks, and as mayor of the ...

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 laws are not for ...

White House hopeful Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Monday vowed to fight wasteful government spending if elected president. In his second major policy address in a week, McCain said Republicans, after ...