| Federal budget bloater |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Sep 2024 |
| Metaphor for some special-interest government spending |
New York Times |
08 Jan 2024 |
| Self-serving use of government funds |
Universal |
27 May 2022 |
| Political patronage, informally |
Premier Sunday |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Container for a sausage meat? |
Universal |
30 May 2021 |
| *Political spending on pet projects (note letters 5 to 7 in this answer) |
Universal |
07 Apr 2021 |
| Pet project legislation |
Newsday |
17 May 2020 |
| House addition? |
Universal |
10 May 2019 |
| Spending for political pet projects |
USA Today |
21 Jan 2019 |
| Spending for political pet projects |
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| House addition? |
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| Special-interest government spending |
The Washington Post |
29 Mar 2017 |
| Special-interest government spending |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2017 |
| Wasteful legislation |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Oct 2016 |
| Source of patronage jobs |
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| Like some wasteful government spending |
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| Political patronage |
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| Political patronage |
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| Type of government spending typified by the Bridge to Nowhere |
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| Politician's pet project procurement |
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| Type of government spending typified by the Bridge to Nowhere |
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| Wasteful government expense |
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| Politico's patronage |
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| Odd container for baby back ribs? |
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| Spending for a pol's pet project |
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| Source of patronage jobs |
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| Government patronage source |
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| Politician's project |
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| Pol's self-indulgent project, informally |
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| Pol's self-indulgent project, informally |
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| Spending for which Sen. Byrd is infamous |
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| Breakfast for the home folks? |
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| Legislative favoritism |
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| Political patronage |
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| Self-serving legislation |
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| One kind of legislation |
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| River and Harbor bill, for example. |
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| Political giveaway: Slang. |
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| Political patronage: Slang. |
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| Symbol of political patronage. |
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| Congressional bonanza. |
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