Clinton, Schumer Named Co-Porkers of the Month Melanie Hunter Deputy Managing Editor (CNSNews.com) - New York Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer have been named Co-Porkers of the Month for February by a taxpayer watchdog group for pledging to fight President Bush's efforts to reform the Community Development Block Grant program. Schumer called Bush's plan to transfer the grant program to the Commerce Department and merge it with 17 other economic development programs a "meat axe approach" to reducing the deficit, adding that CDBGs "are the single most important tool that cities like New York have to grow." According...
