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Our View on the budget mess and pork in the bill
The editorial blasts the October 21 budget bill as a sloppy, emergency driven mess packed with pork. It notes Byrd’s quip about the monstrosity and lists examples including Bosnia spending, IMF, and pet projects across states. It likens the process to sausage making and cites ironies from lawmakers.
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Congress
West Virginia
Robert Byrd
Byrd
Bosnia
Archusa Lake
Quitman
Miss
Senate
Trent Lott
Mississippi
House
Newt Gingrich
David Obey
Wisconsin
Appropriations Committee
Ted Stevens
Alaska
U.S
Bering Sea
Maine
Olympia Snowe
al D’amato
New York
Jewish History Center
Manhattan
Arizona
John McCain
Otto von Bismarck