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pork-barreling

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Noun1.pork-barreling - acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale; "keeps his hold on his constituents through unashamed pork-barreling"
acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"
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While such a rule might diminish the influence of outside interests, it also could have given competitive advantages to pork-barreling incumbents who bring home the bacon.
EDITORIAL : INCUMBENT-PROTECTION BILL FAILS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
More proof that pork-barreling is deeply ingrained in the legislative budgeting process comes from a special report prepared by the editors of "Congressional Quarterly.
Pork barrel congress by Modic, Stanley J. / Tooling & Production
9 billion authorization bill, swelled to a grossly inflated $23 billion in the hands of pork-barreling lawmakers, who loaded it with 450 pork-barrel projects.
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