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 ...

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 ...

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 threat to withhold pork project money comes as residents in some Michigan cities lobby their leaders to protect ...

I would set aside a pool of earmark (“pork barrel”) money to be divided equally among all 435 members of Congress and a similar pool for the 100 senators, proportional to their state’s ...

President Bongbong Marcos kept claiming he was against VP Sara Duterte’s impeachment. This week, his son Sandro Marcos was first of 215 congressmen to sign for impeachment.

After signing budgets that included billions of dollars in earmarks, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is proposing a new plan that would require Michigan lawmakers to disclose which pet projects they are ...

SEVERAL  amici curiae or “friends of the Court” told the Supreme Court (SC) of a possible violation of the provisions of  Constitution in the transfer of Philippine Health Insurance ...

Now this is what we mean by presidential patronage or 'the power of the pork barrel'. Mr Carter's ingenious and lavish plundering of it has surprised and alarmed a great many of his critics and ...

"It’s great to see Governor Whitmer embracing the ideas and leadership of House Republicans," Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall boasted.

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 ...