Question Regarding Novak Article

The highway bill marks the absolute termination of the Gingrich Revolution ushered in by the 1994 sweep. In the face of Bush's repeated veto threats, Republicans are determined to pass a bill filled with earmarked spending for individual members of Congress. The 1982 highway bill contained only 10 earmarks. The 1991 bill, the last highway bill passed under Democratic leadership, contained 538 such projects. But the addiction for pork has grown so large that the current bill contains at least 3,193 earmarks.
-- http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak05.html


Given that Republicans did not assume leadership until 1995, this would seem to imply there was no 1992, 1993 or 1994 highway bill. I know that Clinton and the Democratic congress passed the balance budget plan shortly after Clinton took office (without a single Republican voting in favor of it), but I find it difficult to believe this included zero funds for highways or even zero funds for pork.

I thought Clinton's balanced budget plan was based upon cuts in welfare, limited spending increases elsewhere and increased tax revenue. Does anyone know if Democrats actually CUT pork during Novak's lost years prompting him to cherry pick the peak year for Democratic pork? Or is Novak just confused?

Wasn't there a big highway bill during Clinton's second term?

They took over leadership of Congress halfway through his first term, and this was about highway bills passed by Congress under Democratic leadership.

but Novak was making a larger point. He seemed to imply that this was the first instance of a pork-laden highway bill passed by the Republicans.