Republicans like Pork just as much as democrats (maybe even more):
Taking care of the folks back home by means of the appropriations process is hardly a new phenomenon in Congress. Nor is frustration on the part of the executive branch, which prefers to make spending decisions on its own. But as the number of earmarks has increased sharply in recent years, rising more than threefold since Republicans won control of Congress in 1995, some say the practice has spun out of control.
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