1. This is known as the politics of the pork barrel.

2. This was called "pork barrel" spending.

3. Once a selling point for lawmakers, congressionally directed spending – otherwise known as earmarks or "pork barrel" projects – is becoming a liability for many incumbents in Campaign 2010.

4. Many refuse to accept Federal pork barrel dollars devoted to convincing you to convert to other crops.

5. A legend on Capitol Hill, he was famous - his critics say infamous - for bringing huge amounts of federal "pork barrel" projects back to Alaska.

6. " This bill is a "" pork barrel "" proposition. "

7. The civil service system is set up in the process of fighting against the favoritism and the "pork barrel" system.

8. Many refuse to accept Federal pork barrel dollars devoted to convincing them to convert to other crops.

9. Republican Senator John McCain, who is well known for deriding earmarks as "pork barrel spending,()" told Fox News the president should scrap the bill entirely.

10. Money for water projects is a common type of Washington pork barrel.

11. The second is the desire by some elected officials to retain control over the pork barrel, through line items.

12. With the UDCs we find a very straight forward pork barrel subsidizing of particular development capital interests through the use of public resources.

13. For the first time in decades, congresspeople aren't trading pork barrel projects and tax breaks –they're negotiating steep budget cuts.