Re "House Approves Big Defense Bill, Setting Up Showdown," May 10: It is beginning to look like the Crusader artillery system is a giant pork-laden vehicle for the folks back home.

Military.com tracked down Clayton Montgomery at Mil-Spec Monkey, a large online seller of infidel gear, who says his most popular item by far is the "Pork Eating Crusader Patch.". The patch ...

House Minority Leader John Boehner is publicly backing Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to get a spot on the Appropriations panel next year, and he’s pushing for other fiscally conservative members to ...

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, another Republican, anti-pork crusader, has said he would file an amendment to eliminate all earmark funding in the bill. For around 6,488 earmarks, ...

Monday’s New York Times ran an article on Congress’ pork barrel spending and the eagerness on the part of some to earmark large sums of taxpayer’s money towards their own pet projects. Deeply embedded ...

Mr. McCain’s credentials as an anti-pork crusader are unassailable. He is the only senator who consistently takes to the floor to shame members of Congress for their budget-busting, ...

Seek president's clout to end Congress' pork-barrel spending Newly emboldened earmark foes are calling on President Obama to back up his opposition to pork-barrel spending with action. Mr. Obama ...

Mr. McCain's Pork Chops August 26, 2004 In the Aug. 22 Outlook piece, "Don't Mind If I Do," Winslow T. Wheeler leveled much-deserved criticism at Congress for larding the defense budget with self ...