pass-through pork
n.— «House Government Finance and Appropriations Committee meets at 1:30 p.m. in room 617 to consider bill to ban practice known as “pass-through pork,” where a legislator hides money in a state agency, so it can be used for a project in his or her district.» —“Action in the Alabama Legislature” Tuscaloosa News (Ala.) Jan. 10, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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