Plastic barrels, fishing gear and nets, and one full barrel of used diesel oil were also among the items collected.

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"While my heart goes out to the victims of Hurricane Sandy, it is unacceptable for Congress to use this disaster as a justification for passing a bill chock-full of pork barrel spending, " Georgia Republican Paul Broun said on Monday.

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So, how much sense does it make to barrel through life full speed ahead before we're even quite sure where we really want to go?

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Mr Mori, a pork-barrel politician, is unlikely to back full-scale bank reform in his present, vulnerable state.

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The line chefs chopping up eggplant, give him a nod as he walks over to another blue barrel, only this one is half full with used cooking oil.

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It also reported that it does not yet have an estimate as to when its 70, 000 barrel per day Port Reading , NJ refinery will come back on line, as full commercial power has not yet been restored.

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