Porker of the Month Archives
Citizens Against Government Waste Names Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer January 2022 Porker of the Month
Sen. Chuck Schumer is misleading Americans by claiming the Build Back Better Act will fight inflation and lower costs.
CAGW Names Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez November 2021 Porker of the Month
CAGW named Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) Porker of the Month for pressuring President Joe Biden to cancel student loan debt.
CAGW Names Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen October 2021 Porker of the Month
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is the October Porker of the Month for demanding that the IRS be allowed to use its powers to investigate every detail of how average Americans are spending their money.
CAGW Names House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Bernie Sanders September 2021 Porkers of the Month
CAGW named House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Bernie Sanders Porkers of the Month for endangering America’s financial stability with their massive spending plan.
CAGW Names Sen. Ed Markey August 2021 Porker of the Month
Ed Markey is the for proposing a taxpayer-funded Civilian Climate Corps that would hire millions of people and cost billions of dollars.
CAGW Names Rep. Peter DeFazio July 2021 Porker of the Month
Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) is the July 2021 Porker of the Month for introducing the wasteful and earmark-loaded INVEST in America Act.
CAGW Names Rep. Mike Turner June 2021 Porker of the Month
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) is the June 2021 Porker of the Month for leading the push to add more money for the troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.
CAGW Names Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand May 2021 Porker of the Month
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is our May 2021 Porker of the Month for saying “paid leave, child care and caregiving” are all “infrastructure.”
CAGW Names Rep. Mike Rogers April 2021 Porker of the Month
CAGW named Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) our April 2021 Porker of the Month for leading the charge to bring back wasteful pork-barrel earmarks.
CAGW Names Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Sen. Patrick Leahy March 2021 Porkers of the Month
CAGW named Rep. DeLauro and Sen. Leahy Porkers of the Month for bringing back corrupt, costly, and inequitable earmarks.
