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)
2008 Pork Projects
"Pork" Qualifications
- Requested by only one chamber of Congress
- Not specifically authorized
- Not competitively awarded
- Not requested by the President
- Greatly exceeds the President’s budget request or the previous year’s funding
- Not the subject of congressional hearings
- Serves only a local or special interest.