Tom Schatz discusses the missed opportunities for reform in the Farm Bill with CNBC’s Becky Quick on Squawk Box.
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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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CBS Evening News’ Sharyl Attkisson reports on an earmark for the wealthy Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.
This project is listed in the 2008 Congressional Pig Book:
$1,648,850 for the Shedd Aquarium by Senate appropriator Richard Durbin (D-Ill), Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), House appropriator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.). The aquarium’s website says the facility [...]
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Watch Tom Schatz on this morning’s CNBC Pork Watch discussing Rep. John Campbell’s (R-Calif.) bill to allow people who say they are’t being taxed enough to give more than their required tax amount. It’s the Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Act.
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WETM NY - Kuhl Cited For Wasteful Spending on Elmira College
WJLA Washington - Area Tops List for Pet Pork Projects
KSN Kansas - Pork report finds lawmakers “pigging out”
Fox Boston - Let It Rip: Congress and Pork Spending
Fox New York - Annual Pig Book On Government Waste
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‘Pig book’ puts pet spending in spotlight
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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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Here’s some more media coverage of the 2008 Pig Book
CNN coverage of the Pig Book Press Conference.
Video Pig Book on CNN (via YouTube)
Article ‘Pig Book’ names congressional porkers
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The 2008 Pig Book will be available at www.cagw.org at 9:30am eastern.
To whet your appetite, watch Tom Schatz on this morning’s CNBC Squawk Box discussing the Pig Book.
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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) discuss the legality of earmarks under the Constitution. Two guesses as to who’s right and the first one doesn’t count.
Most earmarks are only written into the conference reports of appropriations bills - not the actual laws that are voted on by members of Congress. As Sen. DeMint [...]
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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) took to the Senate floor just minutes ago and made his case for a full-year, no-exceptions earmark moratorium (link to whole speech)
Here’s a slideshow from Sen. DeMint’s Earmark Moratorium Rally, featuring PigFoot in many slides.
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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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Boeing Brouhaha
Lawmakers may be using the Boeing Tanker decision for their own political gain, says Tom Schatz Citizens Against Government Waste president, ; with CNBC’s Becky Quick
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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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ABC15 in Phoenix had an explosive story on Friday night detailing how millions of Homeland Security dollars have been wasted while the security of hundreds of federal buildings has not been assessed. What has been assessed? Sen. Diane Feinstein’s $14 million home.
Watch the video here
ABC15 Uncovers Serious Gaps in Homeland Security
Potential targets include the Federal Court [...]
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See Tom Schatz discuss the Fannie/Freddie provision in the stimulus package on CNBC’s Pork Watch from this morning.
Related post: Congress Stimulates Fannie’s Sprawl
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See Pres. Tom Schatz discuss the President’s budget on CNBC’s Pork Watch - every Tuesday at 6:40am.
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See Tom Schatz discuss the President’s State of the Union and executive order on earmarks on CNBC’s Pork Watch from this morning here.
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CAGW VP for Policy David Williams appeared on Fox Business Network on Friday evening to denounce the congressional pay raise. Here is a link to the video: part 1 and part 2.
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On this morning’s Pork Watch, Tom Schatz discussed Sen. Ted Steven’ Ferry to Nowhere as well as his other questionable dealings.
See Tom on Pork Watch on it’s regularly schedule day and time: Tuesday mornings at 7:40am eastern on CNBC
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Watch Tom Schatz discuss appropriations pork with MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson:
Paying for waste?
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CAGW still wants to know what the presidential candidates plan to do to get rid of pork projects. See the question we submitted for the debate last night:
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See Tom Schatz take on November Porker of the Month Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) and his “First Tee” Defense earmark on this week’s CNBC Pork Watch.
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OK, this CBS story is from October, but it is too good not to post. In a dispute over the disposition of a bunch of cats who live on Ernest Hemingway’s estate down in Key West, Florida, the USDA has spent more than 270 government man hours, and deployed at least three government lawyers, four inspectors, six veterinarians. The USDA has [...]
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