Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 54 sleight 44 pork barrel 44 accounting gimmicks 44 veto pen 43 wasteful spending 43 Republicans 43 earmarks 43 appropriators 42 budget deficits 42 profligate spending 42 omnibus spending 42 Democrats 42 fiscally irresponsible 42 congressional earmarks 41 gimmickry 41 deficit hawks 41 scalpel 40 wasteful 40 unfunded mandates 40 gimmicks 40 farm subsidies 39 deficits 39 partisan 39 budget 39 cookie jar 39 stimulus 38 wealthiest Americans 38 scare tactics 38 partisanship 38 ideologically driven 38 overspending 38 item veto 38 Strategic Petroleum 38 discretionary spending 38 appropriations bills 38 agricultural subsidies 38 stopgap spending 38 fiscal irresponsibility 38 budgets 37 boondoggles 37 spending 37 budget shortfalls 37 Ryan R Wis 37 Nussle 37 compassionate conservatism 37 profligate 37 liberals 37 unspent 37 borrowing 37 stimulative 37 obstructionism 37 Bushies 37 outlays 36 Holtz Eakin 36 subsidies 36 ObamaCare 36 Obamacare 36 ideologues 36 Mankiw 36 fearmongering 36 rhetorical 36 misplaced priorities 36 unallotment 36 fear mongering 36 budget shortfall 36 Minority Leader Mitch McConnell 35 disingenuous 35 largesse 35 SCHIP 35 boondoggle 35 surpluses 35 lawmakers 35 deficit 35 distorting 35 Speaker Pelosi 35 cuts 35 grandstanding 35 conservatives 35 demagoguery 35 Bush 35 Appropriations Committee 35 stimulus package 35 appropriations 35 draconian 35 Draconian 35 currency manipulation 35 DFLers 34 taxpayer dollars 34 omnibus bill 34 bureaucracies 34 obstructionists 34 wrongheaded 34 dirty tricks 34 partisan bickering 34 loopholes 34 slush fund 34 bureaucracy 34 mean spirited 34 Boehner 34 redistribute wealth 34 unfilled positions