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BRETT LOGIURATO<\/strong> Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took the latest shot Tuesday in an ongoing feud with New Jersey\u2019s Republican Gov. Chris Christie, calling him the \u201cking of bacon\u201d amid a debate over so-called \u201cpork-barrel\u201d spending.<\/p>\n The backstory: Earlier on Tuesday, Christie reamed into Paul for criticizing him over what Paul termed pork spending\u00a0in the Hurricane Sandy relief bill<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the one that had Christie going ballistic at the GOP-controlled House of Representatives in January.<\/p>\n Christie responded in kind by chiding Paul\u2019s state of Kentucky from benefiting off pork-barrel spending, due to the fact that\u00a0it receives more benefits from the federal government than it pays in taxes. Christie said that while Kentucky gets back $1.51 for every dollar it sends to Washington, the Garden State only gets back 61 cents.<\/p>\n Full article here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <!– <\/p>\n –><\/p>\n This article was posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 5:57 am<\/p>\n Tags: constitution<\/a>, domestic spying<\/a>, government corruption<\/a><\/p>\n
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