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The Sapping the Taxpayers Award
for $6.3 million for wood utilization research.

The Halls of Shame Award
for $1.4 million for various Halls of Fame, including: $75,000 for the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame and $70,000 for the Paper Industry Hall of Fame.

The Goofy Earmark Award
for $300,000 for Anaheim Resort Transit (read: Disneyland) bus and bus facilities in the district of Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.).

La Pork-a-Racha Award
for $25,000 for the Clark County School District in Nevada for
curriculum development to study mariachi music.

The Up in Smoke Award
for $23.8 million in High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program grants.

The Fiscal Unfitness Award
for $6.7 million in YMCA funding.

The Hogzilla Award
to Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) for his $646 million in pork for Alaska.

The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Pork Award
for $100,000 for the Tiger Woods Foundation. 

The Pirates on the Potomac Award
for $2 million for the buyback of the USS Sequoia Presidential Yacht.

The Burrowing a Hole in our Wallets Award
to Representative John Peterson (R-Pa.) for adding $100,000 for the
Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center Museum.

The Pig Dig Award
for $3.3 million for start-up operations at the Capitol Visitor Center.

The Flipping the Byrd at the Taxpayer Award
to Senator Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.) for his $399 million in pork for West Virginia.

The Don’t Step in It Award
for $1.7 million for the International Fertilizer Development Association.

 The Hog Heaven Award
for $8.2 million for the Fort Lewis Army Chapel, which offers diverse services for
Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even Wiccans.