Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 60 earmarks 60 wasteful spending 58 pork barrel 53 congressional earmarks 51 omnibus spending 50 appropriations bills 47 boondoggles 47 earmark 46 rescissions 46 Nussle 46 fiscally irresponsible 45 appropriations 45 appropriations bill 44 spending 44 item veto 44 Senate Appropriations Committee 43 fiscal irresponsibility 43 appropriators 43 Hyde Amendment 42 Appropriations Committee 42 budget deficits 42 Obamacare 42 ObamaCare 42 partisan divide 42 filibusters 41 deficit hawks 41 wasteful 41 Amtrak 41 wealthiest Americans 41 taxpayer dollars 41 unfunded mandates 41 partisan bickering 40 profligate spending 40 veto pen 40 omnibus bill 40 Republicans 40 boondoggle 40 House Appropriations Committee 40 Concord Coalition 40 Speaker Pelosi 40 Rep. Henry Waxman 40 stimulus 40 SCHIP 40 earmarking 40 bipartisan 39 partisanship 39 Tom Coburn 39 filibuster 39 obstructionism 39 gimmicks 39 deficits 39 budget 39 Earmarks 39 Proposition 1A 39 tort reform 39 stopgap spending 39 Oberstar 39 Coburn 38 farm subsidies 38 outlays 38 appropriation 38 overspending 38 frivolous lawsuits 38 bi partisan 38 GOP moderates 38 Yucca Mountain 38 Majority Leader Harry Reid 38 gimmickry 38 partisan gridlock 38 defund 38 bill 38 fiscally conservative 38 fiscally responsible 38 Nancy Pelosi D Calif 38 taxpayer bailouts 37 Democrats 37 Istook 37 expenditures 37 ANWR 37 fare hikes 37 vetoing 37 Reid D Nev 37 Speaker Nancy Pelosi 37 budget shortfalls 37 gridlock 37 Pelosi D Calif 37 Rep. Jeff Flake 37 Appropriations 37 Senate 37 bailouts 37 taxpayer 37 duplicative 36 Holtz Eakin 36 Orszag 36 larded 36 vetoes 36 bipartisanship 36 privatize Social Security 36 Medicare 36 fiscal conservatism 36 health care