2008 Congressional Pig Book Summary...

[Henry Hawk]

Here it is...........what our wonderful elected officials are doing with OUR money.......the Citizens Against Government Waste..CAGW...has been awsome at calling out these guys and helping them be accountable....

I, do want to point out that Nancy Pelosi was SUPPOSED to fix this problem....

Both parties came in for criticism, with the Democrats, who control both houses of Congress, topping the Republicans in spending.

The Democrats were behind 5,199 projects worth $5.5 billion, while the Republicans earmarked 3,408 projects worth $4.4 billion, the citizen's group said.

And in a sign bipartisanship is not dead, the two parties jointly backed 2,518 projects worth $3.8 billion.  Interactive: Map of pork per capita by state »

The three senators running for president were not among the top targets of criticism, and one got an entirely clean bill from the watchdog group.

"Sen. [Barack] Obama had 53 earmarks worth $97 million dollars, and Sen. [Hillary] Clinton had 281 earmarks worth $296 million. Sen. Obama recently said he would not request any project for this upcoming fiscal year," said Tom Schatz, the president of Citizens Against Government Waste.


"And of course Sen. [John] McCain has never requested them and he won't be doing so in 2009.  That's $0.00... So now the question is if Sen. Clinton will join the other major candidates in saying that she will not request any earmarks for 2009."

To qualify for the Pig Book, a project must meet at least one of these standards: it was requested by only one chamber of Congress; was not specifically authorized; was not competitively awarded; was not requested by the president; greatly exceeded the president's budget request or the previous year's funding; was not the subject of congressional hearings; or served only a local or special interests.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/02/pork.spending/index.html

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2427156/The-2008-Congressional-Pig-Book-Summary-

[Y]

I think it's funny you conflate 'earmarks' to imply 'boondoggles', and then turn a blind eye to the relative equality of 'earmarks' in order to push anti-Democrat points and pro-Republican points...

Better pull up dem' drawers, Henry, your bias is showing...

[Henry Hawk]

I think it's funny you conflate 'earmarks' to imply 'boondoggles', and then turn a blind eye to the relative equality of 'earmarks' in order to push anti-Democrat points and pro-Republican points...

Better pull up dem' drawers, Henry, your bias is showing...

that is because I am biased.............I 100% believe that the democats like Pelosi are scum.....not saying that there are not any republican scums either........but, I'm simply pointing out some truths..............and you seemed to be so biased on it and cant see it...

have you checked your on britches for a belt?...

[Y]

that is because I am biased.............I 100% believe that the democats like Pelosi are scum.....not saying that there are not any republican scums either........but, I'm simply pointing out some truths..............and you seemed to be so biased on it and cant see it...

have you checked your on britches for a belt?...

One more time, you'd better check my words. 

I pointed out that your claim didn't hold much water because of your conflation of earmarks into boondoggles, and the relative equality of earmarks twixt the parties...and that because of your bias.

From there, once again, it was all your spin.  ; )

I think it's funny you conflate 'earmarks' to imply 'boondoggles', and then turn a blind eye to the relative equality of 'earmarks' in order to push anti-Democrat points and pro-Republican points...

Better pull up dem' drawers, Henry, your bias is showing...