Tag: Bacon

Maine’s Susan Collins wins ‘Whole Hog Award’ for bringing home the bacon

Jun. 17—After poring through federal budget documents, a 40-year-old nonprofit called Citizens Against Government Waste tallied up all the targeted spending that Congress allocated for specific projects across the nation. When it was done with its work, the nonprofit declared that U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, had pushed through 231 earmarks last year […]

Bacon beats back Frei in GOP primary test; Vargas awaits

Nebraska voters in the state’s 2nd Congressional District will face a rematch between Democratic State Sen. Tony Vargas, left, and U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. (Courtesy of the candidates; Capitol photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) OMAHA — After months of sound and fury from an active group of partisans, GOP primary voters in Nebraska’s most […]

Vote for best Bacon Egg and Cheese in Westchester, Putnam counties

BEnC. BEC. BOBO. LMGABECSPK. If you know, you know. The Bacon, Egg and Cheese sandwich is a New York staple that has found fame across state lines. It’s a lifestyle, a commitment, a phrase in which the four words blend together into a sizzling single-syllable for many (if you say it fast enough). You may […]

‘The Fall Guy,’ Albert Bacon Fall led colorful political life

The headline on the front page of the Feb. 14, 1924, El Paso Times read: MILLION DOLLAR OIL SCANDAL SLUSH FUND WASHINGTON SHOCKED BY SENSATIONAL TEAPOT DOME REVELATIONS The report from Washington began: Information of a million-dollar slush fund sent to the national capital by Sinclair oil interest for the purpose of influencing persons high […]