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Other crossword clues for answer "PORKBARREL"

PORKBARREL
Legislative favoritism
Wasteful government expense
Breakfast for the home folks?
Political patronage
Pol's self-indulgent project, informally
Type of government spending typified by the Bridge to Nowhere
Government patronage source
Source of patronage jobs
Spending for a pol's pet project
Politician's pet projects
Pet project legislation
Politico's patronage
Political patronage: Slang.
Congressional bonanza.
Symbol of political patronage.
Political giveaway: Slang.
River and Harbor bill, for example.
One kind of legislation
Self-serving legislation
Like some wasteful government spending
Metaphorical source of some government funds
Metaphor for some special-interest government spending
Spending for which Sen. Byrd is infamous
Politician's project
House addition?
*Political spending on pet projects (note letters 5 to 7 in this answer)
Container for a sausage meat?
Self-serving use of government funds
Spending for political pet projects
Odd container for baby back ribs?
Wasteful legislation
Federal budget bloater