Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 51 pork barrel 50 earmarks 47 earmark 44 earmarking 44 unspent 41 appropriations 41 congressional earmarks 40 appropriations bills 40 Earmarks 40 TARP 39 wasteful spending 39 Major Moves 39 Kasich 39 Stimulus 39 Hyde Amendment 37 appropriators 37 beltway 37 stimulus 37 Safe Routes 37 unfunded mandates 37 slush fund 37 Purple Line 37 byway 37 Troubled Asset Relief Program 36 CDBG 36 unallotment 36 accounting gimmicks 36 omnibus bill 36 Third Frontier 36 Nussle 36 boondoggles 36 Kanjorski 36 dole 35 golden parachutes 35 appropriations bill 35 Appropriations Committee 35 TIFs 35 mass transit 35 greenway 35 taxpayer funded 34 turnpike 34 SPLOST 34 Capitol 34 appropriation 34 unfunded 34 item veto 34 Obamacare 34 Proposition 1A 34 legislatively 34 appropriated 34 highway 34 Istook 34 Blue Dogs 33 Pell grants 33 taxpayer 33 TABOR 33 shovel ready 33 Pataki 33 LoBiondo 33 parkway 33 capitol 33 Neighborhood Stabilization Program 33 federally funded 33 Smart Growth 33 Senate Appropriations Committee 33 Obey 33 omnibus spending 33 Common Sense 33 stimulus package 33 Craddick 33 ObamaCare 33 Recovery Act 33 greenways 32 farmland preservation 32 Pennsylvania Turnpike 32 tax increment financing 32 Beacon Hill 32 Development Block Grants 32 largess 32 Bunning 32 Mollohan 32 House Appropriations Committee 32 deficit hawks 32 golden parachute 32 Blue Dog 32 stopgap spending 31 Norquist 31 taxpayer dollars 31 Economic Stimulus 31 Frelinghuysen 31 Rep. Jeff Flake 31 sweetheart deals 31 DeMint 31 Legislature 31 biennium 31 Boehner 31 SCHIP 31 fiscally irresponsible 31 Pawlenty 31 GOP 31 fiscally conservative