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pork up

idiom
Meaning

To add spending, especially targeted spending, to legislation in order to get votes for it (see pork-barrel).


Examples
SIMPLE

The politicians pork up the bill to win more votes.

CONTEXTUAL

The senator decided to pork up the infrastructure bill with local projects to ensure his colleagues would support it.

COMPLEX

By choosing to pork up the legislation with numerous small grants for his home district, the representative successfully secured the necessary support to pass the controversial budget.

Anchors to
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  1. 01

    long pork

    Human flesh.

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