January Porker of the Month

CAGW Names 7 Freshmen Senators Who Voted to Kill DeMint Earmark Amendment Porkers of the Month

Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
http://brown.senate.gov/

Ben Cardin (D-Md.)
http://cardin.senate.gov/
email: cardin.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Bob Casey (D-Pa.)
http://casey.senate.gov/
email: casey.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
http://klobuchar.senate.gov/
email: klobuchar.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)
http://mccaskill.senate.gov/
email: mccaskilltransition@mccaskill.senate.gov


Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
http://sanders.senate.gov/
email: sanders.senate.gov/comments/


Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
http://whitehouse.senate.gov/


Corruption played a pivotal role in the 2006 elections, and the 110th Congress has a clear mandate for ethics reform and fiscal restraint. The secrecy of earmarks encourages widespread waste and abuse. Former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-Calif.) is in jail for taking bribes in exchange for earmarks while other members of Congress are being investigated for allegedly profiting from earmarks or directing earmarks to campaign contributors, including House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) and Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chairman Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.). In fiscal 2006, pork-barrel spending ballooned to 9,963 projects costing a record $29 billion, as documented by CAGW’s Congressional Pig Book. Projects included $1,000,000 for the Waterfree Urinal Conservation Initiative and $500,000 for the Sparta Teapot Museum in Sparta, N.C.


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We've finally upgraded from Win 98 to XP and I can't find a damn thing on my computer anymore! All the file names have changed and you have to jump through a million hoops to find stuff that was easy to find before the upgrade. I'm hoping to find my little porker pic soon!

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I found my pic and relocated it to a far more simple place so I could find it again in the future. I hope.