The Politics of Pork

Theory Distributive Barrel Line-item veto Spending District Appropriations Congressional 103rd Congress Allocational Decisions Appropriations Subcommittee Appropriations Bill Benefit Hypothesis Appropriation Earmarks Community Development Block Grant CDBG Program Congressional Earmarks Domestic Discretionary Spending earmarks Earmark Spending Congressional Behavior Congressional district Electoral Connection Distributive Benefits Distributive Spending earmark Electoral Margins Negative Relationship Pork Barrel Projects subcommittees Military Construction Nondefense Discretionary Spending pork barrel spending Preference Outliers Special Purpose Grants