Corruption

Senate Passes Pork Laden $109B for War, Hurricane Aid

5-4-2006 • Associated Press

Bush's veto threat emboldened conservatives such as Sens. John McCain and Tom Coburn. They undertook—and mostly lost—battles against home-state projects inserted by senior senators such as Cochran, Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Daniel Inouye, D-Haw