Photo: #An image from the cover of Citizens Against Government Waste's "2006 Congressional Pig Book," which details pork-barrel spending in Congress.
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An image from the cover of Citizens Against Government Waste's "2006 Congressional Pig Book," which details pork-barrel spending in Congress. (Image courtesy of Citizens Against Government Waste)

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Getting "pork" out of politics

Broadcast: Midmorning, 05/09/2006, 9:06 a.m.

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Alaska's "bridge to nowhere" and the Abramoff lobbying scandal are raising concerns that pork-barrel politics has gotten out of control in Washington.

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  • David Williams: Vice president of policy for Citizens Against Government Waste, a non-partisan group that works to eliminate waste and innefficiency in the federal government.
  • David Canon: Professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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