Ummm, no. It worked different from that. The pork passed the Senate TWICE. It passed the Senate on September 23, 2008 by a 93-2 margin. The two NAY votes were Democrats, but still, that's overwhelming support for the pork. See H.R.6049.
That very same pork was passed by the Senate a second time, in October, in combination with the House-rejected bailout. Both the bailout and the pork underwent relatively minor amendment during the combination process, all of which "minor amendment" was conducted in the smokey backrooms. Still, the differences can be ferreted out by comparing the various bills as passed by the two chambers of Congress. Pretty much what passed was HR 6049 as passed by the Senate, and bailout as rejected by the House.
Your ultimate conclusion doesn't hold up given that the pork was passed with zero objection from Republicans, on September 23rd.
Perhaps you would go a bit further, to explain how there was not a pork barrel awairting a way to push it through the House, since you’re telling me that I was wrong. Thanks
-- The Harry Reid Senate was sitting on a pork list [already passed in the Senate but not passed by the House] they wanted to pass [wanted to pass through the House] but had no other bill to which they could hang the strips of rotting bacon, so Harry and Nancy had a great adventure. --
Doe sthat help, or are you just on a mission to try and create an argument?