Question

Which is an example of pork‑barrel spending?

Arkansas Senator Clinton is bringing home the bacon, literally. He gets Congress to finance the conversion of 350,000 acres of Arkansas land normally used to raise swine for use in curing salt pork.

Senator Hamilton from Virginia and Senator Kerry from New York make a deal: Senator Hamilton will support a bill for an environmental cleanup project in Central Park if Senator Kerry agrees to support legislation for new railroad tracks in Virginia.

California Senator Chang is asked by the Children's Future Group to reduce college tuition rates and to fight against any further tuition increases.

Only one of three bills being considered can pass, given the current budget: drilling for oil in Alaska, drilling for oil in Texas, or drilling for oil in Louisiana. The senate is equally divided into thirds. For the drill site, group one prefers Alaska to Texas and Texas to Louisiana. Group two prefers Texas to Louisiana and Louisiana to Alaska. Group three prefers Louisiana to Alaska and Alaska to Texas.

Answer 1