WASHINGTON -- Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released the 2010 Congressional Pig Book, the latest installment in the group鈥檚 annual expos茅 of pork-barrel spending. This year also cheap ed hardy marks the 20th anniversary of the Congressional Pig Book. The 2010 Congressional Pig Book documented 9,129 earmarks worth $16.5 billion and awarded special recognition to members of Congress who stick the taxpayers with the bill for particularly wasteful and sensational earmarks.
The Congressional Pig Book features 鈥淥inker Awards,鈥?which bestow special recognition on some members of Congress for their ability to secure extraordinarily wasteful earmarks. The 鈥淎n Earmark Grows in Brooklyn Award鈥?went to Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) for her request of $400,000 for construction, renovation, and safety improvements at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
鈥淓veryone in Washington has promised a new era of transparency and restraint in earmarks, from President Obama to the leaders of both parties in Congress,鈥?said CAGW President Tom Schatz. 鈥淯nfortunately, these promises have been thrown out of the greenhouse window when a member is given the opportunity to fund a pork-barrel project. Congress behaves as if money grows on trees when it gives $400,000 to an organization with $49,147,172 in assets. The federal government is more than $12.7 trillion in debt, yet, sadly, this type of fiscal irresponsibility continues to be pervasive in Congress.鈥?
The Congressional Pig Book Summary profiles the most egregious examples of pork, breaking it down per capita by state and by member. All 9,129 projects are listed in a searchable database on CAGW鈥檚 website . Rep. Clarke鈥檚 $17.3 million in pork-barrel projects in the 2010 Pig Book includes:
Citizens Against Government Waste is a Tiffany Pendants nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.
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