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• The Pig Book is an annual book published by the non-profit group, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW). The book outlines the pork-barrel spending by congress for the fiscal year. It has been published every year since 1991, and is available online for free in the Adobe PDF format.

  April 14, 2009: The CAGW has just released the 2009 Pig Book, which includes 10,160 projects in 12 appropriations bills that total more than $19 billion dollars.CNN.com: "Pig Book" calls out top congressional porkers (April 14, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. 2009 edition lists over $19.6 billion in "pork"Time: Government Pork: A Voter's Guide (April 13, 2009)
  2. 2008 edition lists over $17.2 billion in "pork"
  3. Documents 11,610 projects total in 2008
  4. Represents 30% increase over 2007 (dollar amts)
  5. Identified $271 Billion in pork since 1991
  6. Alaska led the nation with $380 Million
  7. Arizona came up with the least "pork"

• 2008 Pork Projects

  1. $3M to First Tee - teaching disadvantaged kids to play golf
  2. $1.95M to the Charles Rangle Center for Public Service
  3. $460K for hops research
  4. $200K for fruit fly research - in Paris, France
  5. $196K for the renovation of the Las Vegas post office

• "Pork" Qualifications

  1. Requested by only one chamber of Congress
  2. Not specifically authorized
  3. Not competitively awarded
  4. Not requested by the President
  5. Greatly exceeds the President’s budget request or the previous year’s funding
  6. Not the subject of congressional hearings
  7. Serves only a local or special interest.

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  Citizens Against Government Waste | Republican Party | Democratic Party | United States Congress

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