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Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:00 AM

Rerouting the bridges to nowhere

House Republicans were shamed into "compromise" on $454 million of bacon earmarked for Alaskan bridges -- but the pork just got recanned.
By Rebecca Clarren

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  • Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:00 PM

    "Realistic" Conservatives and Republicans Learn About the Real World...

    ...where it's not just Democratic legistlators carve out pork empires. Up until the Republican Revolution, The Right decried pork barrell spending as unique to Democratic hegemony. It's pretty clear that any party that has a solid majority behaves this way. As much as the Cato Institute would like to beleive otherwise, pork is how legislators shore up their political position, no matter which side of the aisle they're on.

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