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John McCain: Stop the outrageous pork-barrel spending. The president just signed into law a bill that had $17 billion of pork-barrel…

On the recordJanuary 16, 2008
Stop the outrageous pork-barrel spending. The president just signed into law a bill that had $17 billion of pork-barrel spending in it. Stop that, and stop it now.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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John McCain criticizes excessive government spending and calls for its cessation.

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