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DC Office Phone:
202-225-3315
Fax: 202-225-2313
http://clyburn.house.gov
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Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.)
House Majority Whip
FY 2008 Pork: 38 projects worth $62 million
Rep. Clyburn was November’s Porker of the Month for airdropping a $3 million earmark for the First Tee golf program into the fiscal 2008 Department of Defense Appropriations Act conference report.
DC Office Phone:
202-224-4843
Fax: 202-228-1371
http://lincoln.senate.gov/
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Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)
Senate Production, Income Protection and Price Support Agriculture Subcommittee Chair
FY 2008 Pork: 96 projects worth $196.3 million
Sen. Lincoln was December’s Porker of the Month for thwarting three amendments to the Farm Bill that would have provided some modest reform.
DC Office Phone:
202-225-2065
Fax: 202-225-5709
http://www.house.gov/murtha
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Rep. John 'Jack' Murtha (D-Pa.)
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chair
FY 2008 Pork: 72 projects worth $149.2 million
Rep. Murtha was May’s Porker of the Month for throwing a temper tantrum and threatening his colleagues over a challenge to a $23 million pet project in the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2008.
Rep. Murtha also purposefully put up roadblocks and barriers to hinder earmark accountability and reform.
DC Office Phone:
202-225-6211
Fax: 202-225-0699
http://www.oberstar.house.gov
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Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.)
House Transportation Committee Chair
FY 2008 Pork: 32 projects worth $87.9 million
Rep. Oberstar was August’s Porker of the Month or proposing a “temporary” 5-cent increase in the gas tax in the wake of the Minnesota bridge collapse to raise $25 billion within three years for a new bridge trust fund.
DC Office Phone:
202-224-5744
Fax: 202-224-3416
http://shelby.senate.gov/
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Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)
Senate Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member
FY 2008 Pork: 201 projects worth $174 million
Sen. Shelby was October’s Porker of the Month for an $11 million Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) earmark for his alma mater.
DC Office Phone:
202-225-5765
Fax: 202-225-0425
http://donyoung.house.gov/
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Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska)
FY 2008 Pork: 18 projects worth $10.3 million
Rep. Young was April’s Porker of the Month for defending earmarks and pledging to continue his state’s disproportionate harvest of federal tax dollars.
Rep. Young also placed a $10 million federal earmark for an unnecessary road project in Florida which was rejected by the county.
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