And public works here, as in many other places, are nothing if not political pork.

The state instead permits lump-sum appropriations for unspecified projects that could be political pork.

Today, the project is being derided as an example of political pork gone wrong.

And they share an almost unrivaled appetite for what some call political pork.

The White House claims that these projects were not requested by the Pentagon, but rather are political pork.

But putting local political pork above the protection of major terror targets is just pathetic.

No doubt some arts institutions get political pork.

Instead of delivering political pork to voters, he now dispenses pork rinds to inmates.

Supporters of that process call it a meritocracy run by scientists and academics, rather than a struggle for political pork.

With campuses in almost every legislative district, the sprawl of the system has created its own political pork.