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Forcefully presenting the desire of Americans to live in a moral universe, Lerner demonstrates that opportunities for ethical action, not pork-barrel politics, are the legislative imperatives of Congress...
...presidency with clear mandates for governance. Such was the case for Reagan in 1980 (though not in 1984) and for JFK in 1960. But Bush's vapid 1988 campaign left him with a mandate only for no new taxes, no furloughs for Black criminals, more flags and pork rinds...
Beys' ability to push his pork barrel measure through the council represents the control this group has acquired over the decision-making process. And the other members are doing little to reverse the trend. Beys, for example, has gained personal popularity in the council--he won the support of 60 percent of the voting members for his "concert." And Aronberg ran unopposed last week for a second semester-long term...
...very symbol of congressional arrogance of power, isolation from reality, contempt for the voters, and so on, and demonstrates the need for term limits if not lynching. Bob Byrd, formerly thought to be at worst a courtly, fiddle-playing gasbag, is portrayed as a voracious monster of the pork barrel...
...whatever meager items city officials provide or to purchase scarce goods like meat at inflated prices in the free markets or from street vendors. Explains Natalya, an assistant director in a Moscow theater: "I can spend a third of my monthly salary just buying 2 lbs. of pork or a bag of mandarin oranges...