Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 79 earmarks 71 earmarking 67 pork barrel 62 congressional earmarks 59 appropriations bill 58 Earmarks 57 appropriations 55 appropriators 54 appropriation 51 wasteful spending 51 omnibus spending 50 Senate Appropriations Committee 50 Appropriations Committee 50 appropriated 50 House Appropriations Committee 47 Appropriations 47 Mollohan 46 Tiahrt 45 funding 45 appropriations bills 45 earmarked 44 stimulus 44 bill 43 unspent 43 DeMint 43 taxpayer dollars 42 boondoggle 42 stimulus package 41 appropriating 41 reauthorization 41 appropriations subcommittee 40 CDBG 40 spending 40 grants 40 taxpayer 40 taxpayer funded 40 Rep. Jeff Flake 40 Visclosky 39 amendment 39 slush fund 39 grant 39 reauthorize 39 defund 39 Appropriations Subcommittee 39 Oberstar 39 Appropriations Chairman 38 Rahall 38 Goodlatte 38 lobbyists 38 ARRA 38 congressman 38 appropriates 38 largess 38 Murtha 38 Pombo 38 subsidy 38 Stimulus 38 Recovery Act 38 item veto 38 ANWR 38 PACs 38 allocated 38 Development Block Grants 38 farm subsidies 37 National Defense Authorization 37 reauthorizing 37 pork 37 Flake 37 wasteful 37 budget 37 capital outlay 37 shovel ready 37 Tom Coburn 37 congressional delegation 37 Begich 36 Wamp 36 allocate 36 strings attached 36 congressmen 36 tax increment financing 36 subsidies 36 Sen. Jim DeMint 36 Block Grant 36 largesse 36 funneled 36 SPLOST 36 lawmakers 36 congressional 36 bailout 36 Republicans 36 PAC 36 allocates 36 Blumenauer 36 Boozman 35 Coburn 35 Sen. Kit Bond 35 provision 35 Robert Byrd DW.Va. 35 Jim DeMint 35 legislation 35 projects