I. INTRODUCTION PDAF or Priority Development Assistance Fund is a form of pork barrel which has been a very controversial issue in our country today. These are funds given or allocated to government officials in order to support and be spent on community projects and/or repairs and improvements. G. Luis Igaya of Institute for Popular Democracy defined pork barrel as “a practice of the Congress to divert national funds into their districts whether it be in the form of
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THE HISTORY OF THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTAANCE FUND(PDAF)/PORK BARREL • The term pork barrel politics usually refers to spending which is intended to benefit constituents of a politician in return for their political support‚ either in the form of campaign contributions or votes. In the popular 1863 story "The Children of the Public"‚ Edward Everett Hale used the term pork barrel as a homely metaphor for any form of public spending to the citizenry. After the American Civil War‚ however‚
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Political Science Exam Three Study Guide HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW -if senate legislative committee approves a bill‚ that bill is sent to the senate majority leader and minority leader who negotiate a unanimous consent agreement to determine length of debate of a bill on the senate floor and how many amendments can be offered -if ONE senator disagrees‚ then there are no rules for debate (other than general parliament procedure -if no rules- no time limit/ amendment limit – filibuster occurs (when
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Good day‚ I’m Gaspar P. Asco Jr.‚ defending the affirmative side on whether the priority development assistance fund or also known as the pork barrel funds should be abolish. To begin with let me discuss a brief backgrounder of the PDAF or the so called “pork barrel”. What really is PDAF or pork barrel? The term "pork barrel" is used to mean funds allocated to the members of the Philippine House of Representatives and the Philippine Senate to spend as they see fit without going through the normal
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Say Yes to Pork and No to Corruption The Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)‚ better known as “Pork Barrel” is a public fund regularly distributed among the members of the congress to cater to the legislators’ local projects for the development of their particular communities. The “Pork Barrel Scam” is currently a sensitive and obfuscated issue in our country as Pork Barrel is a frequent target for critics who say that it facilitates corruption. They say it makes it easier for politicians
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network but to gather millions of people to protest about the current system of the government and was called The Million People March. The Million People March is a series of protest for the abolishment of the “Pork Barrel” or Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) wherein a pork barrel is a fixed fund allotted to each lawmaker to enable them to finance an infrastructure project either within their district or anywhere else in the country‚ in a given budget year. August 26‚ 2013‚ National Heroes
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appealing to members of Congress. Fiorna also argues that the growth of an activist federal government has sparked major change in congressional activities as less and less effort is spent on actual lawmaking and an ever increasing amount on pork barreling and casework. Congress is itself creating a centralized‚ highly un-participatory government which results in “Congress does not just react to big government‚ it creates it”. According to Fiorna Congress would rather work hard to get reelected rather
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Research on Pork Barrel Scam The misuse of the pork barrel—public funds that finance pet projects of lawmakers—appears to have continued on the watch of President Aquino‚ with huge amounts being funneled into bogus nongovernment organizations (NGOs). Between 2010 and 2012‚ some P500 million of pork went to fake NGOs through the state-owned Philippine Forest Corp.‚ the office of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala and National Agribusiness Corp. (Nabcor)‚ documents obtained by the Inquirer showed
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which commonly called the "pork barrel" has been the subject of much public criticism in which following exposes on abuses by the members of Congress on use of the fund in 1996 and 2013. As the number one subject of the critics this days‚ we can not avoid that people will spar about removing the pork barrel. But in your opinion should the government abolish it or retain it????? “The Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)‚ better known as “Pork Barrel”‚ is a regular allocation
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The Rise of The Washington Establishment When things don’t work the way they should‚ people start to worry. They know that they need something to change. This is what Fiorina explains in chapter The Rise of The Washington Establishment about voting. The main focus of this chapter is the issues of self interest related to government and its congressmen‚ bureaucrats‚ and voters. Fiorina says that self interest does not solely refer to large amounts of wealth‚ but also the pursuit of the person’s ends
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