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Congressional Pig Book Out April 2

The little pink book that makes politicians squirm is back!  This is the expose that official Washington doesn’t want your listeners to know about.

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) will release the 2008 Congressional Pig Book at a news conference on Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at 9:30 a.m.

The Congressional Pig Book is an annual report on pork-barrel spending in the federal budget.  The 2008 Pig Book features a complete database of pork projects and profiles the most egregious examples from the Appropriations Acts.  In fiscal 2008, pork-barrel spending ballooned to 11,610 projects costing $17.2 billion.  Speakers will discuss the current state of earmark reform and what more needs to be done to stop Congress from returning to its piggish ways.

Scheduled to join CCAGW President Tom Schatz are Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), and Reps. John Campbell (R-Calif.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Tom Price (R-Ga.), and Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).  Invited speakers guests include Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), and Reps. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) and John Shadegg (R-Ariz.).

CCAGW Reps are Available to Talk to You and Your Listening Audience

Book Your Interviews In Advance By Calling Leslie Paige or Alexa Moutevelis at 202.467.5300!!

Or E-Mail us at lpaige@ccagw.org or amoutevelis@ccagw.org

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste is the lobbying arm of Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government