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Aug 11, 2005

The Pork is Coming to the District!

Mmmmmm, pork. Yesterday President George W. Bush signed into law a transportation bill worth some $286 billion, of which $24 billion will go to fund 6,371 special pet projects for Congressional districts both Democratic and Republican. Any opinions on Congressional pork notwithstanding, we here at DCist were curious — What did the District reap in this astounding windfall of taxpayer funds? Not much. If California and Illinois got most of the pig themselves (545 earmarks…

 
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