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CAGW is the source for information about pork-barrel spending.  Since 1991, the annual Congressional Pig Book has provided the authoritative list of pork in the federal budget.  A "pork" project is a line-item in an appropriations or authorization bill that designates funds for a specific purpose in circumvention of established budgetary procedures.  To qualify as pork, a project must meet one of seven criteria that were developed in 1991 by CAGW and the Congresional Porkbusters Coalition:

  • 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; or
  • Serves only a local or special interest.

 

Resources: 

Congressional Pig Book: Annual list of pork-barrel projects in the federal budget.

Choose Year:  2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993| 1992 | 1991 

Complete Pork Database:  Search every pork project from 1995 to 2010.

Historical Trends 

Preliminary Analysis of Earmarks in the Fiscal Year 2011 Omnibus

All Pork Alerts: Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations Earmarks

Report: All About Pork: The Abuse of Earmarks and the Needed Reforms 

CAGW FY 2009 Earmark Request Database
- House and Senate Earmark Request Lists

 CAGW FY 2008 Earmark Request Database
- House and Senate Earmark Request Lists

 

Latest News and Commentary

 

 


 

Statistics

 

 

Year

         $ Billion

      # of Projects

1991
1992
1993
1994
1995

3.1
2.6
6.6
7.8
10

546
892
1,712
1,318
1,439

1996

12.5

958

1997

14.5

1,596

1998

13.2

2,143

1999

12

2,839

2000

17.7

4,326

2001

18.5

6,333

2002

20.1

8,341

2003

22.5

9,362

2004

22.9

10,656

2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010

27.3
29
13.2
17.2
19.6
16.5

13,997
9,963
2,658
11,610
10,160
9,129

 

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      The # of pork projects decreased by 10.2 percent to 9,129 in 2010.

      The cost of pork decreased 15.5 percent to $16.5 billion in 2010.

      Since 1991, CAGW has identified 109,978 projects totaling $306 billion.

      * All years are fiscal years

 

 

  

  

  

 



         Pork Trends, 1991-2010*                                              Quick Facts:                 

 

 

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