Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 60 earmarking 49 earmark 48 earmarks 48 pork barrel 47 Earmarks 46 congressional earmarks 42 appropriations 39 PAYGO 39 pork barreling 38 Tort reform 38 influence peddling 37 appropriating 37 taxpayer dollars 37 appropriators 37 Appropriations 37 unspent 37 appropriation 36 Secure Rural 36 wasteful spending 36 supplemental appropriations 36 Appropriations Committee 36 Diverting 36 funneling 36 boondoggles 36 Designating 35 boondoggle 35 Hyde Amendment 35 allocating 35 funnel 35 wasteful 35 largess 35 cronyism 34 TIFs 34 funneled 34 appropriations bill 34 DISCLOSE Act 34 Stimulus 34 appropriated 34 appropriates 34 Lobbying 34 CDBG funds 34 allocates 33 expenditures 33 Norquist 33 Lobbyist 33 siphons 33 omnibus appropriations bill 33 Sunlight Foundation 33 crony capitalism 33 Eliminating 33 largesse 33 Appropriations committees 33 structural imbalance 33 Defense Appropriations 32 CAGW 32 taxpayer 32 accounting gimmicks 32 spending 32 Spending 32 rescissions 32 CDBG 32 unbudgeted 32 Growing Greener 32 Enacting 32 BIAW 32 omnibus spending 32 overspending 32 lobbyist 32 environmentally destructive 32 larded 32 slush fund 32 appropriations bills 32 fungible 32 Proposition 1A 32 expenditure 32 Partisanship 31 item veto 31 TIF districts 31 Repealing 31 diverts 31 Improvement Program 31 lobbyists 31 borrowing 31 oversight 31 doles 31 beach renourishment 31 crony 31 Tax Increment Financing 31 outlays 31 quid pro quo 31 Overuse 31 confiscatory 31 legislatively 31 reimbursements 31 Deleting 31 Appropriation 31 partisan wrangling 31 DiMasi 31 omnibus bill 31 corrupt 31 Rep. Jeff Flake