Porker of the Month Archives
Citizens Against Government Waste Names Sen. Elizabeth Warren April 2025 Porker of the Month
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is CAGW's April 2025 Porker of the Month for her efforts to expand the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Direct File system to prepare and collect everyone’s taxes.
Citizens Against Government Waste Names Sen. Shelley Moore Capito March 2025 Porker of the Month
Sen. Capito wants to force taxpayers to pay for green energy school buses since they are manufactured in her state.
Citizens Against Government Waste Names Rep. Melanie Stansbury February 2025 Porker of the Month
Rep. Stansbury is CAGW's February 2025 Porker of the Month for lambasting cost-cutting proposals by DOGE.
Citizens Against Government Waste Names CFPB Director Rohit Chopra January 2025 Porker of the Month
CFPB Director Rohit Chopra is our January 2025 Porker of the Month for abusing his power and failing to protect consumers.
Citizens Against Government Waste Names Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan November 2024 Porker of the Month
FTC Chair Khan is CAGW's November 2024 Porker of the Month for consistently overreaching her authority, violating ethics standards, and pushing anti-capitalist policies.
Citizens Against Government Waste Names FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel October 2024 Porker of the Month
Chairwoman Rosenworcel distressingly denied vital funds for Starlink which hurt rural areas that need constant broadband access.
Citizens Against Government Waste Names Rep. Pramila Jayapal September 2024 Porker of the Month
Taxing unrealized gains is a terrible idea that will be devastating to the economy and Americans’ lives and retirement plans.
Citizens Against Government Waste Names Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan August 2024 Porker of the Month
EPA Administrator Michael Regan has been pushing school districts to purchase electric school buses.
Citizens Against Government Waste Names Govs. Laura Kelly (D-Kans.) and Michael Parson (R-Mo.) July 2024 Porkers of the Month
Gov. Kelly and Gov. Parson restarted the fight to subsidize the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals.
Citizens Against Government Waste Names Sen. Susan Collins June 2024 Porker of the Month
Sen. Collins received 231 earmarks costing $575.6 million, the most of any member of Congress.
CAGW Names Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Chuck Fleischmann May 2024 Porker of the Month
For receiving $236.8 million for the single largest pork-barrel earmark, Rep. Fleischmann was an easy choice for this month’s Porker.
Citizens Against Government Waste Names Sen. Elizabeth Warren April 2024 Porker of the Month
Sen. Warren wants to expand the size and scope of the IRS’s power and take away personal control from taxpayers.
