Congressional Spending Bill Stuffed With Pork

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Dec. 6, 2003 | CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) -- One congressman wants $50 million to build a tropical rainforest in Iowa. Another wants $225,000 to repair a swimming pool he and friends clogged with tadpoles when they were kids in Nevada.

In Illinois, it’s the restoration of a historic mule barn. In Texas, an oil museum.


They’re all part of the year-end spending bill in Congress, a $373 billion package that critics say is packed with pork-barrel projects at a time Congress should be worried about soaring budget deficits
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http://salon.com/news/wire/2003/12/06/pork/index.html

[Gin]

1. The head of the RNC was on CSPAN from New Hampshire and

an audience member mentioned all this pork...all the questions from the floor were opposing what is happening. He was at a loss for words a few times. It was not a shrub rally.

[curse10]

2. What's interesting is that the article only mentions Repugs

putting in all this massive pork-- is there no dem pork?

[maxanne]

3. NH

does a lousy job of bringing home the pork. Our Congressional delegation is derelict in their duty.