In 2013, President Obama signed the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act into law, a bill providing $60 billion for areas affected by storms, including Hurricane Sandy. Many representatives and senators added their own spending items unrelated to disaster relief to the bill. These additions are examples of ________.

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Pork barrel refers to the practice of adding unrelated spending items to a bill in order to secure funding for a representative's or senator's own constituency or pet projects. This is often seen as a way to secure votes for the overall bill, as representatives and senators will support it in order to bring funding back to their own districts or states.

In 2013, President Obama Signed the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act