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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Daniel Jackson Jimmy Carter Biography United States Presidents Jimmy Carter. By Anne Schraff James Earl Carter‚ Jr. Was born in the small farming town of Plains‚ Georgia‚ on October 1‚ 1924. He is still alive to this day and he it 89 years of age. Jimmy Carter was educated in the public school of Plains‚ attended Georgia Southwestern College and the
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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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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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and approve budgets that benefit their constituents and the nation as a whole. In theory‚ this is the ideal upon which they were built‚ they would legislate for the people to best serve them and to ensure the nations capacity to carry out the legislation that they pass and that they are aligned with the needs of the people they represent. This is not the case however‚ even as we step in to the 15th congress the House of Representatives is still truly not representative. Since the 1898 Malolos Congress
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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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has only the power to suggest appointments to these positions; the final confirmation of the president’s choice lies with Congress. This will sometimes mean lengthy negotiations between the branches of government‚ with the president using his ‘pork barrel’ in an attempt to win over Senators. In 1987‚ Reagan’s nomination of Robert Bork was rejected by a Senate vote of 42 to 58‚ resulting in embarrassment for both the president and his nominee. Reagan was unable to do anything about this‚ other than
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Political Science Mid-term study guide Chapter 2: The Founding and the Constitution Articles of Confederation: what were they? What did they omit that the Constitution included? Which gave Congress greater powers? Significance of Shays’ Rebellion Great Compromise Three-fifths Compromise Federalism Why we have staggered elections Judicial review Most important political value for Framers Chapter 3: Federalism Has federal government grown stronger or weaker throughout American history
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September 30‚ 2013 PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PDAF) I. INTRODUCTION The history of ‘pork barrel’ started way back on 1922‚ during the American colonial period. The PDAF in its current form was reintroduced on 1986 during Corazon Aquino’s administration with the creation of the Countryside Development Fund (CDF) in 1990‚ since Ferdinand Marcos blocked or stopped this pork barrel system during his dictatorship. But on Corazon’s administration the budget for CDF was relieve with ₱2
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(Points: 1) | | Which type of representation occurs when constituents have the power to hire and fire their representatives?a. Delegateb. Agencyc. Sociologicald. Trustee | | Save Answer | | 4. (Points: 1) | | Which type of legislation specifies a project or other authorizations to be funded‚ as well as the location of the project within a particular district?a. Concurrent resolutionb.
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