Question

The so-called pork-barrel politics refers to congressional members A. trading votes with one another. B. receiving perks and freebies from businesses trying to sway their votes. C. paying not much attention to the vocal special-interest groups. D. inserting provisions for local narrow projects into comprehensive legislation.

Answer 1

Answer: Option B              

 

Explanation: In simple words, pork barrel politics refers to the situation in which the politicians spend the money to their constituents so that they can gain their political support.

These kinds of spending is usually done for the influential individuals of the society like to business leaders and social workers etc.

Hence from the above we can conclude that the correct option is B .