Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released its preliminary analysis of the Senate version of the Fiscal 2009 Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations Act. There are 574 projects for a total of $436.5 million in this year’s Senate bill.
The top five porkers are Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) with $72.9 million; Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) with $52.4 million; Senate CJS Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) with $48.7 million; Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) with $41.2 million and Senate appropriator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) with $32.1 million.
Filed under: Appropriations, Pork, Waste
