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Article: FEATURE/Magazine Roasts Pennsylvania's 'Prince of Pork'; Bud Shuster Leads Congress On Frenzied Spending Sprees; High-living Highway Czar is Key Roadblock to Tax-cut Hopes.
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- October 1, 1999
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PLEASANTVILLE, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Oct. 1, 1999--
E.G. "Bud" Shuster devoutly agrees that it's better to give than receive -- especially if he can do the giving with your tax dollars.
Reader's Digest calls Shuster "the most powerful Congressman you've never heard of." And in its October 1999 issue, the magazine tells why his budget-busting binges threaten taxpayers' hopes for any kind of break.
Representing a mostly rural, mountainous district, the Pennsylvania Republican shuns the media limelight. But as chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, he commands the flow of billions of tax dollars.
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