A proposed resolution recently introduced in Lansing would change the rules for introducing a bill in what Republicans call a ...

Pork-barrel politics affect the economy in several ways. Pork-barrel spending occurs when the government earmarks funds to be spent in a specific region of the country, usually as a favor to an ...

By Forrest Adams, Correspondent It’s a “lame-duck” session of Congress, but Republicans keep talking about pork. Pork-barrel spending is the term used when a member of Congress earmarks ...

The Michigan Legislature and governor's exorbitant use of budget earmarks in recent years has been clouded by controversy — ...

The administration’s allocation of nearly one-fifth of the national budget to pork barrel projects over the past three years, as cited by a watchdog, is a blatant disregard of the pressing needs of ...

Who is to blame? Everybody. This past year both political parties in Congress voted for massive spending bills. It seems our ...

Pork-barrel politics affect the economy in several ways. Pork-barrel spending occurs when the government earmarks funds to be spent in a specific region of the country, usually as a favor to an ...

It’s a “lame-duck” session of Congress, but Republicans keep talking about pork. Pork-barrel spending is the term used when a member of Congress earmarks money specifically for a project in ...