Even under Reagan there was plenty of pork to go around, always has been, always will be. There are 49 Democratic Senators and the very nature of the Senate is that it is all about compromise and get along to go along, 51/49 R/D doesn't change that; even 60/40 and those 60 Rs would still need favors from Ds for pet projects.
‘Politics is the art of the possible’; imagine what this would have looked like if Hillary had won.
Republicans control both houses of Congress & the White House. No excuses.