The Pork Barrel
A Newsweek investigation turned up dozens of letters from politicians with an insatiable taste for pork. These are their scraps.
A Newsweek investigation turned up dozens of letters from politicians with an insatiable taste for pork. These are their scraps.
Rep. Joe Wilson, R - SC: Joe Wilson of South Carolina writes to Secretary LaHood in support of Orangeburg County’s application for the “I-95/US Hwy 301 Interchange Improvement Project.” The $20 million, Wilson charges, would, among other things, “achieve several important goals to create jobs and economic growth along South Carolina’s I-95 ‘Corridor of Shame.’”