Most of the Tennessee lawmakers who last year requested more than $90 million for projects labeled as pork by a taxpayers' group say they are going on a pork-free diet this year.
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., announced he is withdrawing his individual appropriations requests until the budget process and economic conditions improve.
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"Given our country's fiscal condition, I could not in good conscience keep my name next to any earmark requests this year," Sen. Corker said last week. "It is not necessarily the overall cost of federal earmarks, which represents a very small portion of the overall budget, that poses a problem. It's the process, which is fundamentally flawed and lacks oversight."