| The first, datelined Charleston, reports on the proliferation of pork barrel federal projects named for Democratic Sen. |
| The administration offered the nation economic self-interest, technical wonkery, and a smidgen from the pork barrel. |
| Congress is going to vote on whether or not to stop distributing its money to states and local governments on a pure pork barrel basis and start doing it on the basis of risk. |
| And in those speeches, she insists she's fought hard against pork barrel projects, basically telling America she'll stand up to government earmarks. |
| A pork barrel project meant to revive the American cruise industry sinks under its own weight. |
| Yet it will be hard to please congressmen while cutting their pork barrel, and as usual, no one seems very eager to cut middle-class entitlement programs. |
