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09-22-2008, 05:50 PM
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2007 Congressional Record Against Waste
2007 Congressional Record Against Waste
Last month, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste gave out it's yearly ratings on who walks the walk when it comes to earmarks and pork-barrel spending... Quote:
 But have no fear Obama supporters!...There's somebody in the Senate that's WORSE than Obama when it comes to government waste... Let's see shall we?.. Quote:
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09-23-2008, 10:59 AM
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~ ~ ~ Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush God is a conservative - Ecclesiastes 10:2--"A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left."
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09-23-2008, 11:00 AM
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CAGW Names Rep. John Murtha Porker of the Year
CAGW Names Rep. John Murtha
Porker of the Year Taxpayers Are Not in His “Corner” Quote:
Citizens Against Government Waste: CAGW Names Rep. John Murtha Porker of the Year
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~ ~ ~ Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush God is a conservative - Ecclesiastes 10:2--"A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left."
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09-23-2008, 11:03 AM
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Re: 2007 Congressional Record Against Waste
The Senate
http://www.cagw.org/site/DocServer/S...pdf?docID=3024 The House http://www.cagw.org/site/DocServer/H...pdf?docID=3022
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~ ~ ~ Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush God is a conservative - Ecclesiastes 10:2--"A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left."
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09-23-2008, 05:59 PM
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Re: 2007 Congressional Record Against Waste
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09-23-2008, 08:11 PM
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Re: 2007 Congressional Record Against Waste
Citizens Against Government Waste: Ratings: At a Glance
House of Representatives 2005 2006 2007 Democrats 13% 9% 5% Republicans 73% 46% 60% All 45% 29% 30% Blue Dog Democrats 20% 11% Republican Study Committee 56% 73% Senate 2005 2006 2007 Democrats 18% 15% 5% Republicans 68% 68% 67% All 46% 44% 36% State Delegations Highest Rated State Ratings South Carolina 72% Arizona 70% Oklahoma 67% Lowest Rated Hawaii 0% North Dakota 2% Vermont 2% Highest and Lowest Scores* House Highest Republican: Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) 100% Democrat: Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) 69% House Lowest Republican: Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) 11% Democrats: Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) and John Sarbanes (D-Md.) 0% Senate Highest Republicans: Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), and John Ensign (R-Nev.) 97% Democrat: Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) 34% Senate Lowest Republican: Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) 17% Democrats: Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), Joe Biden (D-Del.), Robert Byrd (D- W.Va.), Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), Kent Conrad (D- N.D.), Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) all at 0%
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~ ~ ~ Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush God is a conservative - Ecclesiastes 10:2--"A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left."
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09-23-2008, 08:18 PM
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Re: 2007 Congressional Record Against Waste
Sen. Obama's pork
28 record(s) for a total of $28,479,918 IL $383,298 National Corn to Ethanol Research Pilot Plant, HQ (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) AG 08 D Durbin, Obama IL $526,900 Women's Sports Foundation, Chicago, for the GoGirlGo! Chicago Initiative, a mentoring, education and development program (Discretionary Grants - Juvenile Justice Programs) COM 08 D Durbin, Obama IL $401,850 Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, for a juvenile delinquency prevention program (Discretionary Grants - Juvenile Justice Programs) COM 08 D Obama IL $357,200 Lake County for communications equipment purchases (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability - Community Oriented Policing Service) COM 08 D Bean Obama IL $446,500 McHenry County Sheriff's Department y for radio equipment acquisition (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability - Community Oriented Policing Service) COM 08 D Bean Obama IL $94,000 McHenry County (Law Enforcement Communication System (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability - Community Oriented Policing Service) COM 08 D Bean Obama IL $94,000 Lake County Integrated Criminal Justice Information System (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability - Community Oriented Policing Service) COM 08 D Bean Obama IL $1,500,000 Multi-scale modeling of impact resistant materials for body armor (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Army) DEF 08 D Durbin, Obama IL $1,840,000 Flexible solar cell for man-portable power generator (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Army) DEF 08 D Jackson Durbin, Obama IL $3,200,000 Light emitting diode would healing and cutaneous lesions (Defense Health Program) DEF 08 D Davis, Danny Durbin, Obama IL $2,400,000 Fuel Cells for Mobile Robotic Systems Project (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Army) DEF 08 D Jackson Durbin, Obama IL $246,000 Energy and Sustainability Institute, Illinois Institute of Technology (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) ENERGY 08 D Emanuel Obama IL $250,000 Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities for training to address workforce shortage in nursing and allied health, Springfield (Small Business Administration) FINSER 08 D Davis (IL) Obama IL $750,000 Education Initiative, Benedictine University, Lisle (Small Business Administration) FINSER 08 D Obama IL $536,000 Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago, for the School and Center for Autism Research (Health Resources and Services Administration - Department of Health and Human Services) LABHHS 08 D Davis (IL), Danny Obama, Durbin IL $287,000 Lewis and Clark Community College, to purchase and equip a mobile health clinic to serve rural areas (Health Resources and Services Administration - Department of Health and Human Services) LABHHS 08 D Obama IL $195,000 Poder Learning Center, Chicago, for immigrant neighborhood education and job developent services (Employment and Training Administration - Department of Labor) LABHHS 08 D Gutierrez, Luis Obama IL $287,000 Riverside Healthcare, Kankakee, for a computerized physician order entry system (Health Resources and Services Administration - Department of Health and Human Services) LABHHS 08 D Obama IL $3,350,000 Combined fire/police facility, Rock Island Arsenal (Army) MILCON 08 D Braley, Hare Durbin, Obama IL $7,227,500 Metra Connects, Southeast service (New Starts/Fixed Guideway) TRANS 08 D Jackson Durbin, Obama IL $245,000 PACE South Suburban Signal Transit signal priority (Buses & Bus Facilities) TRANS 08 D Jackson Obama IL $392,000 Mobile data terminals for Pace, Arlington Heights (Buses & Bus Facilities) TRANS 08 D Davis, Danny Obama IL $490,000 MetroLINK Transit Facility, Rock Island (Buses & Bus Facilities) TRANS 08 D Hare Durbin, Obama IL $196,980 Mobile C.A.R.E. Foundation, Chicago for the acquisition and operation of asthma vans (Economic Development Initiative) TRANS 08 D Obama IL $196,000 Mobile Data Terminal/Chicago Paratransit vehicles (Buses & Bus Facilities) TRANS 08 D Davis, Gutierrez Obama IL $1,176,000 River Tech Boulevard Road construction, Moline (Surface Transportation Priorities) TRANS 08 D Durbin, Obama IL $1,313,200 Grand Avenue Underpass, Chicago (Surface Transportation Priorities) TRANS 08 D Obama IL $98,490 Southwest Rochelle Truck Loop, Ogle County (Surface Transportation Priorities) TRANS 08 D Obama
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~ ~ ~ Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush God is a conservative - Ecclesiastes 10:2--"A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left."
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09-23-2008, 08:21 PM
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Re: 2007 Congressional Record Against Waste
Sen. Biden's pork
29 record(s) for a total of $44,463,157 DE $58,045 University of Delaware, Newark, to conduct a statewide survey of delinquent and high risk youth behaviors (Discretionary Grants - Juvenile Justice Programs) COM 08 D Biden, Carper DE $223,250 Delaware Office of Highway Safety, Dover, to purchase equipment and implement sobriety check points (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance - Byrne Discretionary Grant) COM 08 D Biden, Carper DE $44,650 City of Newark Police Department for drug prevention units (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance - Byrne Discretionary Grant) COM 08 D Biden, Carper DE $893,000 Delaware State Police, Dover, for the state-wide Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability - Community Oriented Policing Service) COM 08 D Biden, Carper $1,600,000 Reactive plastic CO2 absorbent production capacity (Defense Production Act) DEF 08 D Biden, Carper $1,760,000 2nd Generation Extended Cold Weather Clothing System (Operation and Maintenance - Army Reserve) DEF 08 D Carper, Reed, Biden $1,600,000 Advanced lightweight composite armor (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Army) DEF 08 D Biden, Carper, Cantwell, Murray $3,200,000 Combat Desert Jacket (Operation and Maintenance - Marine Corps) DEF 08 D Mikulski, Biden, Carper $3,200,000 2nd Generation Extended Cold Weather Clothing System (Operation and Maintenance - Army Reserve National Guard) DEF 08 D Taylor Biden, Carper, Mikulski, Reed $200,000 166th Network Warfare Squadron (Operation and Maintenance - Air National Guard) DEF 08 D Carper, Biden $2,300,000 Civil Air Patrol (Operation and Maintenance - Air Force) DEF 08 D Biden, Harkin, Carper $3,000,000 Plant vaccine development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Defense Wide) DEF 08 D Biden, Carper $3,000,000 Armor ready composite cat transition (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Army) DEF 08 D Biden, Carper, Reed DE $600,000 166th Network Warfare Squadron (Military Personnel - Army National Guard) DEF 08 D Biden, Carper DE $442,800 Little Mill Creek, Elsemere (Corps of Engineers: Construction) ENERGY 08 D Biden; Carper DE $770,472 Oyster revitalization in the Delaware Bay (Corps of Engineers: Construction) ENERGY 08 D Biden; Carper DE $399,000 Mispillion River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) ENERGY 08 D Biden; Carper DE $4,319,000 Wilmington Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) ENERGY 08 D Castle Biden; Carper DE $13,082,000 Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) ENERGY 08 D Castle; Cummings Biden; Cardin; Carper; Mikulski DE $246,100 Grand Opera House, Wilmington (National Park Service - Save America's Treasures) INT 08 D Biden, Carper DE $370,000 University of Delaware, Newark, for the Delaware Biotechnology Institute (Health Resources and Services Administration - Department of Health and Human Services) LABHHS 08 D Biden, Carper DE $425,000 Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, Wilmington, to continue a program aimed at closing the achievement gap (Fund for the Improvement of Education - Department of Education) LABHHS 08 D Biden, Carper DE $165,000 Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, for construction, renovation, and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) LABHHS 08 D Biden, Carper DE $575,000 Saint Francis Hospital, Wilmington, to expand primary care services to indigent populations (Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services) LABHHS 08 D Biden, Carper DE $414,000 Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, for construction, renovation and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration - Department of Health and Human Services) LABHHS 08 D Biden, Carper DE $328,300 Transportation and Public Safety Traffic Information Exchange Pilot Project (Transportation Planning, Research, and Development) TRANS 08 D Carper, Biden DE $656,600 The Ministry of Caring Inc; Mary Mother of Hope House Renovation Project, Wilmington TRANS 08 D Biden, Carper DE $328,300 Beautiful Gate Outreach Center; Reaching Out and Saving Lives! Project: Wilmington for construction of a larger facility (Economic Development Initiative) TRANS 08 D Carper, Biden DE $262,640 Delaware Children's Museum, Inc., Wilmington for construction (Economic Development Initiative) TRANS 08 D Carper, Biden
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~ ~ ~ Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush God is a conservative - Ecclesiastes 10:2--"A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left."
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09-23-2008, 08:23 PM
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Re: 2007 Congressional Record Against Waste
Sen. McCain's pork
0 record(s) for a total of $0 So let's take a look at the totals, shall we?? Sen. Obama = $28,479,918 Sen. Biden = $44,463,157 Sen.McCain = $0 "Change we can believe in."????
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~ ~ ~ Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush God is a conservative - Ecclesiastes 10:2--"A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left."
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09-23-2008, 08:26 PM
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Re: 2007 Congressional Record Against Waste
Some fun ones:
The French Kiss Off Award to Representative Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) for $211,509 in olive fruit fly research in Paris, France. The Taxpayers Get Teed Off Award to House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) for $3 million for The First Tee in the defense appropriations bill. The Cold Hard Cash Award to Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) for $165.7 million in defense pork. The Tax Dollars on Drugs Award to Representative John Murtha (D-Pa.) for $23 million for the National Drug Intelligence Center. The Pantheon of Pork Award to Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.VA) for $386 million in pork. The Narcissist Award to Representative Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) for $1,950,000 for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service. The Pig in Sheep's Clothing Award to Montana Senators Max Baucaus (D) and Jon Tester (D) for $148,950 for the Montana Sheep Institute. The Unidentified Fiscal Object Award to Representative Ann Esshoo (D-Calif.) for $1.6 million for the Allen Telescope Array. The Money Doesn't Grow on Trees Award to Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) for $344,540 for the city of Chicago GreenStreets Tree Planting Program. The Porky and Bess Award for $7.9 million for 36 theaters in 21 states. The Pacific Fleeced Award to Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) for $173.2 million in defense pork. The Taxpayers Get Steamed Award to Maine Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe (R), and Rep. Thomas Allen (D-Maine) for $188,000 for the Lobster Institute. This Pork Was Made for Walking Award to Representative Virgil Goode (R-Va.) for $98,000 to develop a walking tour of Boydton, Virginia. The Return to Sender Award to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) for $196,000 for the renovation and transformation of the historic downtown Post Office in Las Vegas. Is it just me or are there a whole lot of "D"s up there????
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~ ~ ~ Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush God is a conservative - Ecclesiastes 10:2--"A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left."
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