Pork barrel

Pork barrel, or simply pork, is a metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to direct spending to a representative's district.

Not to be confused with Pork belly.

The usage originated in American English, and it indicates a negotiated way of political particularism.

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