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CAGW Names Sen. Charles Schumer Porker of the Month
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The Hill newspaper reports that the infamous $23 million NDIC earmark, over which 2007 Porker of the Year winner John Murtha threw a temper tantrum and threatened a colleague last year, was removed from this year’s intelligence bill:
Dems, GOP together nix Murtha earmark
Democrats and Republicans joined together to strip a pet project of Rep. John [...]
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports on our April Porkers of the Month. Reps. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kans.) respond:
Dicks, Tiahrt ‘Porkers of the Month’ over tanker
George Behan, a spokesman for Dicks, discounted the criticism, saying Dicks believes that the Air Force decision in favor of the Airbus tanker was “flawed.”
Citing the Boeing tanker’s smaller size relative [...]
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Tom Schatz announced the April Porkers of the Month - Reps. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kans.) - on CNBC’s Pork Watch today. Rep. Tiahrt also appeared on the segment to defend his interference with the defense procurement process.
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CAGW Names Reps. Dicks and Tiahrt Porkers of the Month
Washington, D.C. - Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Reps. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kans.) April Porkers of the Month for threatening to reverse a $35 billion Air Force refueling tanker contract award to Northrop Grumman. The losing bidder, the Boeing Company, has [...]
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Today’s Washington Post relates yesterday’s developments on the investigation into the $10 million Coconut Road earmark. After the Senate rejected Sen. Coburn’s amendment to convene a bicameral panel to get to the bottom of the mystery of how this earmark morphed from a general purpose earmark to widen I-75 in Florida into what could potentially be a political pay-off to a campaign contributor of Rep. [...]
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King of Pork Sen. Robert C. Byrd had some choice words for CAGW in response to the 2008 Pig Book.
W.Va. Again Ranks High on Federal ‘Pork’ List
“This annual report, done by Washington insiders, is pure hogwash,” he stated. “An earmark may be pork to some political chatter box on television, but to many communities in [...]
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Oink! Book Has Congress’ Biggest Porkers
Report Shows Where Billions Of Tax Dollars Are Going: Earmarks
…”You know, when you’re at war, and you know you got a war on two fronts, the first thing you think of is golf, isn’t it?” said Leslie Paige, vice president of the tax watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste. “That’s [...]
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CAGW posted on The Hill’s Congress Blog regarding the March Porkers of the Month. Check it out.
Update: The link has been fixed.
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CAGW Names Senators Who Voted to Kill DeMint-McCain Earmark Moratorium Porkers of the Month
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named all 71 senators who voted against an amendment to impose a one-year earmark moratorium in the fiscal year 2009 Budget Resolution March Porkers of the Month. The amendment was offered by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) [...]
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Where’s PigFoot?
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Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today launched the first in its new series of occasional video podcasts called Where’s PigFoot? The video podcasts, which will be posted on YouTube and viewable on CAGW’s website and blog, will feature CAGW’s mascot uncovering and exposing government waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement wherever it can be found.
The [...]
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Roll Call reports on the link between campaign contributions and earmarks.
Earmark Season Arrives
Request Deadline Coincides With Fundraisers
Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.), another earmark critic, is among a small number of lawmakers who have signed a Citizens Against Government Waste earmark pledge to back legislation that would “end the linkage between campaign contributions and earmarks.” (A CAGW [...]
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According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the entire Alaska delegation will now be posting their earmark requests online.
Murkowski, Young join Stevens in posting earmarks
Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Don Young said Thursday they would join Sen. Ted Stevens in posting appropriation requests on their official Web sites.
“I am joining Sen. Stevens and Congressman Young in [...]
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Last night, CAGW mascot Porky attempted to deliver Rep. Murtha his award for 2007 Porker of the Year at Murtha’s defense lobbyist gala at the Ritz-Carlton. Surprisingly, Porky was escorted out of the building before he could present the award. We had hoped to post footage of the events today, but due to multiple techinical [...]
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Mention of the Murtha defense lobbyist dinner protest last night as well as Murtha’s Porker of the Year award on FOX News’ Brit Hume Political Grapevine. Watch here (about 45 sec. in).
Playing Defense
Three taxpayer advocacy groups plan to protest outside Congressman John Murtha’s annual fundraising event tonight for defense industry lobbyists who have benefited — or [...]
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Tom Schatz discussed 2007 Porker of the Year John Murtha this morning on CNBC’s Pork Watch. See Tom every Tuesday morning at 6:50am eastern - check your local listings.
Contrary to the statement from Rep. Murtha’s office, the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee which he chairs, did not reduce earmarks by 50% from 2007. 2008 Defense total is 2,109 [...]
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Watch last night’s edition of the Political Grapevine on FOX News’ Special Report with Brit Hume
Other People’s Money
The nonpartisan group Citizens Against Government Waste has named Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman John Murtha its “Porker of the Year” for 1987. Murtha received 63 percent of the vote in the group’s online poll.
Murtha was cited for what the [...]
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… is Rep. John “Jack” Murtha (D-Pa.)!
Congratulations to him and all our other nominees.
Thank you for voting!
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Read about the candidates here.
Vote for your Porker here.
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are California Reps. Lois Capps (D) and Devin Nunes (R) for attempting to impede the recovery of hundreds of millions in overpayments to Medicare providers in the state of California. Read Porker here and read more background on the story here and here.
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Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) will defend the status quo against much needed reform in the farm bill conference committee.
Lincoln tapped for Farm Bill conference committee
Senate leaders named Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., this week to the panel expected to write Congress’ final version of the Farm Bill.
Lincoln will join House and Senate negotiators on a [...]
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Bob Novak on why Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is spooked by the idea of a president who goes after pork.
GOP’s Anti-Pork Nominee
During 35 years in Congress, the soft-spoken, gentlemanly Cochran seldom has uttered a harsh word about anybody. So why did he tell the Boston Globe recently that “the thought of [McCain] being president [...]
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The Washington Times picked up on our dispute (background here) with Porker of the Year nominee (vote here) Rep. Don Young and compares Young’s response to a scene in the comedy Animal House:
Pork in the Animal House
In one of the classic scenes in the movie Animal House, the Delta boys are on trial for their [...]
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Last Wednesday, Rep. Don Young faxed CAGW a letter responding to our selection of him as a 2007 Porker of the Year candidate. Read his letter refuting the reasons he is a Porker of the Year nominee and defending his pork long history of pork here.
Today, CAGW President Tom Schatz responded to Rep. Young’s charges [...]
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See Tom Schatz this morning on Fox & Friends discuss the 2007 Porker of the Year nominees. Then read about the candidates and vote for your Porker of the Year here.
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There are 6 well-qualified candidates for Porker of the Year 2007. Let your voice be heard - vote here: http://swineline.org/porkeroftheyear/
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January’s Porker of the Month is in the news again defending his pork:
Hobson Responds To ‘Porker’ Award
…In an interview with WHIOTV.COM, Hobson said he was not angry over the designation from C.A.G.W., but concerned that the group targeted the projects without looking into the background that prompted the earmarks.
“It is frustrating that they would not [...]
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Rep. Hobson responds to Porker of the Month award through local media:
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Budget watchdog group names Ohio’s Hobson “Porker of the Month”
…”It helps to improve the quality of life for the entire community because it offers services that were not previously available for miles around,” said Hobson, who once came close to running out [...]
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WHIO radio in Ohio picked up the Porker story:
Hobson Named To Porker Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s an honor he’d probably just as soon pass on.
Representative Dave Hobson (R-Ohio) of Springfield has been named “Porker of the Month” by the Citizens Against Government Waste. This is the second time the about-to-retire Hobson has be awarded this [...]
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