Politically motivated spending (4)
I believe the answer is:
pork
'politically motivated spending' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for pork that I've seen before include "Pig meat" , "what we get from swine" , "Pig flesh" , "Swine's flesh" , "Food -- hats -- falsehoods" .)