[Redbob]

This is breaking news?

"In terms of services, for example, that translates into more business loans and farm subsidies, and fewer public housing grants and food stamps."

So the GOP shifted spending from the less-productive to the more-productive sectors.
That's to be applauded, not condemned.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Ironically, House leaders proved less adept at directing money toward their own districts, further showing that policy changes — not pork politics — were the driving force behind the spending shift.

As to be expected, the most relevant sentence is buried near the end. The headline is completely misleading. But that's the play to their own constituents. Liberals are about headlines, Conservatives are about the actual details.