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The bill was not a stimulus package but an orgy of pork spending.
Pork spending, or earmarks, come to some $18 billion a year.
Cornyn's spokesman argued it was because of "pork spending" such as money to fix fisheries on the West Coast.
Citizens Against Government Waste, a taxpayer watchdog group, said the bill would "set a new record for pork spending".
And Republicans in both chambers derided what they described, often misleadingly, as pork spending for the likes of marsh mouse preservation.
This was a $12 million item whose value seems beyond dispute, particularly when measured against the hundreds of millions in domestic pork spending that now preoccupies Congressional budgeteers.
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They'll attack them as gold-plated boondoggles and nothing but welfare for defense contractors; congressional pork spent on pie-in-the-sky extravagances, instead of more reliable, pragmatic, down-to-Earth alternatives.
Whether you're looking for poultry, beef, or pork, spend some time looking for the best value and the highest quality.
Let's stop the pork barrel spending.
Bills like these are often portrayed as pork barrel spending.
But Republicans derided the money as pork barrel spending for jungle gyms.
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