
“So much for a ‘clean’ bill. The measure passed by Congress to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling also contains some goodies and gifts tucked into the 35-page bill. There’s more money — a lot more — for a dam project on the Ohio River and millions of cash for Colorado flooding repair projects. And the wealthy widow of a late U.S. senator will receive a year’s pay as a death benefit. You have to hand it to a Congress that finds no bill is off limits for pork.”
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/17/politics/new-debt-deal-pork/
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