pork barrel

基本解释

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.
曾經是立法者的賣點，國會直撥開支，另一種說法是計劃開支或者分肥計劃，現在成爲許多在任議員2010競選的責任。
For the first time in decades, congresspeople aren’t trading pork barrel projects and tax breaks –they’re negotiating steep budget cuts.
幾十年來第一次國會議員不願把分肥撥款發展項目與減稅做交易——他們就大幅預算消減協商談判。
He says he will veto pork-barrel spending, a threat his Senate record makes credible.
他說他將否決“豬肉桶”開銷，他在蓡議院的經歷証明這個威脇是真實可靠的。

Stimulus spending in particular tends to fund pork barrel projects that Congress has been previously resisting.
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It started in 2002, he says, when he got a tip about a huge pork barrel project.
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If you say that someone is using pork barrel politics, you mean that they are spending a lot of government money on a local project in order to win the votes of the people who live in that area.