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The Lifetime Achievement Award
To Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), whose 1996 total of $67 million adds up to a grand total of $609,995,000 since 1991.

 

The American Expense Award
To Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) for procuring $282,899,000 worth of pork since 1991.

 

The CAGW Hall of Shame Award
To retiring Sen. Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.), who has helped bring home $405,330,000 in “bacon” to his home state since 1991.

 

The This Little Piggy Went to Market Award
To Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) for cultivating a $246,000 earmark for the Toledo Farmers’ Market.

 

The Fiscal Unfitness Award
To Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) for a $10.4 million fitness center at a Bremerton submarine base, although there are five private gyms within a five-minute drive.

 

The Sour Grapes Award
For a $500,000 grant to a viticulture consortium to enhance U.S. grape farming.

 

The Golden Throne Award
For the $681,000 spent on latrine additions at Fort Harrison, Montana.

 

The Dim Bulb Award
For $15 million funneled through the Department of Defense for electric vehicle research, in spite of continuing and intensive private-sector efforts.

 

The Pigs in Space Award
For $5 million to the High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Project in Alaska.

 

The Pluck of the Irish Award
To the annual, unauthorized, $19.6 million International Fund for Ireland.  In the past, funds have been used for pony trekking centers and producing golf videos.

 

The Bi-Partisan Porkers Award
For $9.26 million in transportation projects obtained by Indiana tag-team porkers, Reps. Peter Visclosky (D) and John Myers (R).

 

The Empire State Strikes Back Award
To Sen. Alfonse D’Amato (R-N.Y.), known affectionately as “Senator Pothole,” for $31.8 million in transportation pork.