(Washington, D.C.)  The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) will host a press conference at noon on Monday, December 8, 2003, in Room 2237 in the Rayburn House Office Building to discuss the day’s scheduled House vote on the fiscal 2004 Consolidated Appropriations Act or Omnibus spending bill.

Last year’s omnibus bill included 7,651 pork projects totaling $11.5 billion.  The fiscal 2004 version is packed with even more parochial projects and is expected to set a new record level for pork spending.  The 1,148 page bill totals $820 billion and combines seven of the 13 appropriations bills.

Invited to join CCAGW are Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Reps. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.), and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.).  Also scheduled are speakers from Americans for Tax Reform, The Heritage Foundation, National Taxpayers Union, and Taxpayers for Common Sense.

For more information, please contact Mark Carpenter at 202-467-5318.

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