Once a selling point for lawmakers, congressionally directed spending – otherwise known as earmarks or “pork barrel” projects – is becoming a liability for many incumbents in Campaign 2010.

曾经是立法者的卖点，国会直拨开支，另一种说法是计划开支或者分肥计划，现在成为许多在任议员2010竞选的责任。

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Jim DeMint, a senator from South Carolina, wants his colleagues to adopt a voluntary ban on earmarks, a form of pork-barrel spending particularly reviled by fiscal hawks.

来自南卡罗来纳州的参议员吉姆戴明特想要他的同事能够针对专款专用有所自律，这里的专款是指一种被财政鹰派人物大加漫骂的地方建设经费。

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It's a lot more than $18 billion in pork-barrel spending.

它远比180亿美元的建设经费花销多。

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This was called "pork barrel" spending.

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But the bill now has a good chance of going through, particularly given the fact that it is well-larded with domestic pork spending.

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It might seem odd that Republican lawmakers are taking such a bold stance against earmarks--after all, they held the reins of Congressional power for the last 12 years, and presumably most pork spending benefited their districts.

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One of the main problems with pork spending is that 95% of all earmarks get added to the conference report that accompanies an appropriations bill--not the bill itself--meaning that the projects, costs and sponsors are not easily apparent.

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