U.S. Government

Homework due Tuesday, April 12

Go to: http://www.auburn.edu/~johnspm/gloss/

From the menu at the right margin, select “logrolling” and “pork-barrel legislation”.
Write (and learn) the definitions of each term.

Go to: http://www.cagw.org/reports/pig-book/2010/, The 2010 Pig Book Summary

Read the Introduction

Select a category that corresponds to one of your Congressional committees (from the Standing Committee Chest activity). Peruse the “pork-barrel” (aka “earmarks”) in your category and choose THREE that to you best illustrate pork-barreling in action. Make notes on the following points:
Dollar amount
Description of project
Name, state, and Congressional district of Congressional sponsor
How the earmark benefited the Congressman’s district (if not obvious from the above)