A Budget Free of Pork and 'Epal'? Get Real.

A budget free of pork and 'epal'? Get real.

The President’s allies have described the 2026 General Appropriations Act as the “cleanest” budget in history, which implies that previous national budgets, including the ones passed during the leadership of the current Senate President, occupy a broad spectrum that ranges from the dirtiest to somewhat clean. Lawyers would call that an admission against interest, but no one is suing for past sanitary habits. This year’s budget is patronage-proof…

Harvesting pork, not rural development: The 2026 agriculture budget examined

A closer look reveals that agricultural budget is not pork-free.