Oink...and then some!

"Sadly, the highway bill that passed the U.S. House of Representativeslast week was a pork-stuffed budget-buster. ... In 1987, Ronald Reaganvetoed a highway bill he called a 'textbook example of pork barrelpolitics.' That bill contained 152 earmarks. The 1998 highway bill,the first one after Republicans took control of Congress, had 1,850-- more than 12 times as many. This year's bill, after 10 years ofRepublican control, has more than 4,000." --Rep. John Shadegg