April 3rd, 2008

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CAGW Releases 2008 Congressional Pig Book Summary

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Citizens Against Government Waste have released their Congressional Pig Book Summary of earmarks that were appropriated for 2008. Here are the top Republican porkers:

In the House:

1. Roger Wicker (MS-1) - $176.3 million
2. Bill Young (FL-10) - $169.5 million
6. Jerry Lewis (CA-41) - $139.9 million
12. Jack Kingston (GA-1) - $101.3 million
13. Bobby Jindal (LA-1) - $100.4 million
22. Dave Hobson (OH-7) - $88 million
23. Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) - $86.8 million
24. Heather Wilson (NM-1) - $86.8 million
29. Hal Rogers (KY-5) - $80.7 million
30. Charlie Dent (PA-15) - $77.8 million

Interestingly enough, even in the minority the House GOP managed to take the numbers one and two spots as biggest porker.

In the Senate:

1. Thad Cochran (MS) - $892.2 million
2. Ted Stevens (AK) - $469.4 million
3. Richard Shelby (AL) - $464.5 million
8. Chuck Grassley (IA) - $321.4 million
9. Kit Bond (MO) - $309.8 million

In the Senate, we managed to take the top three spots.

These amounts are obscene.