"Pig Book" calls out top congressional porkers

CNN ^ | April 14, 2009

[rightwingintelligentsia]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Listen closely and you'll hear squeals of disgust from a watchdog group tracking congressional pork in the nation's capital.

Citizens Against Government Waste is out with its annual "Pig Book" -- a list of lawmakers whom the group considers the most egregious porkers, members of the House and Senate who use the earmarking process to funnel money to projects on their home turf.

Fittingly perhaps, the list includes nearly $1.8 million for swine odor and manure management research in Iowa.

"In fiscal year 2009, Congress stuffed 10,160 projects into the 12 appropriations bills worth $19.6 billion," the group said in a report released Tuesday. The amount marks a 14 percent increase over 2008.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Notice that this CNN article doesn't actually name the top congressional porkers, choosing instead to focus on states? They don't even provide a link to the CAGW website.

[Kimmers]

CAGW Names Rep. Barney Frank March Porker of the Month

http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer