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  // Author - Brenden West; updated 3-18-03

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porkdefine060405.sPubDate = "4/5/2006 9:08:35 PM GMT";
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porkdefine060405.appHeader = "fact file|How \"pork\" projects are defined";
porkdefine060405.appDeck = "A \"pork\" project is a line-item in an appropriations bill that designates tax dollars for a specific purpose in circumvention of established budgetary procedures, according to Citizens Against Government Waste. To qualify as \"pork\" and merit inclusion in the Pig Book, the group says a project must meet at least one of these seven criteria, but most satisfy at least two:";
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porkdefine060405.rows[i++] = "<li>Requested by only one chamber of Congress";
porkdefine060405.rows[i++] = "<li>Not specifically authorized";
porkdefine060405.rows[i++] = "<li>Not competitively awarded";
porkdefine060405.rows[i++] = "<li>Not requested by the president";
porkdefine060405.rows[i++] = "<li class=textHang>Greatly exceeds the president&#146;s budget request or the previous year&#146;s funding ";
porkdefine060405.rows[i++] = "<li>Not the subject of congressional hearings";
porkdefine060405.rows[i++] = "<li>Serves only a local or special interest";

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