Word: pork
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...dead, white male," Mansfield said. "My wife was 'Big Government.' She wore a stuffed red costume and carried bacon which symbolized pork...
...overstepping the bounds of its role. A minority is not meant to obstruct; it is meant to advise and dissent. The Republicans claim a victory when they bring enough Democrats over to defeat a majority bill. But can you really respect the buyers or the sellers of the pork that made the vote happen...
...poll in his eastern Washington district, published Sunday in the Spokane Spokesman-Review, found Foley had climbed to within two points of Republican George Nethercutt, 44-46. With the error margin, it's a dead heat. The poll follows Foley's newest strategy: reminding Spokane-area residents that the pork stops if he loses. BTW: Foley's message might be sinking in: a recent poll that found 30 percent of the district's voters thought a freshman Nethercutt would become House Speaker...
Still, he is trading on his clout, which just last week brought home new pork, saving more than 500 jobs which had been scheduled to be cut at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Mass...
...same time, Democratic incumbents have yet to take their turn at bat; most will improve their standing -- and drive up the negatives of their opponents -- once they get out of Washington to campaign at the end of this week. Those with seniority can remind constituents of the pork-barrel spending, the tax loopholes and other goodies they have delivered for big employers in the district. Democratic strategists predict that the threat of a Republican takeover of Congress -- and of cuts in programs popular not only with the poor but also with the middle classes -- will help mobilize their force...