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Porker of the Month

The "Porker of the Month" Hall of Shame lists past recipients of this dubious honor. Awardees are selected based on their willful neglect of tax dollars and the sheer arrogance of their conduct. If you think one of your public officials is unworthy enough to receive a future "Porker of the Month" award, e-mail your nomination to CAGW at porker@cagw.org.


October 2009         Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)

September 2009     Seven Senators the Supported ACORN

August 2009           Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)

July 2009                Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.)

June 2009               Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

May 2009                Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)

April 2009               Reps. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.), and Leonard Lance (R-N.J) 

March 2009             Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

February 2009        Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)

January 2009          Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood

December 2008       Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)

November 2008       Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.)

October 2008          FCC Chairman Kevin Martin

September 2008     Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

August 2008           Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

July 2008                Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.)

June 2008               Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.)

May 2008                Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)

April 2008               Reps. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kans.)

March 2008            Senators Who Voted to Kill DeMint-McCain Earmark Moratorium

February 2008          Reps. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) and Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

January 2008            Rep. David Hobson (R-Ohio)

2007 Porker of the Year   Rep. John "Jack" Murtha (D-Pa.)

December 2007        Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)

November 2007         Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.)

October 2007            Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)

September 2007        Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

August 2007              Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.)

July 2007                     Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.)

June 2007           House Ag. Subcommittee

May 2007            Rep. John 'Jack' Murtha (D-Pa.)

April 2007           Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska)

March 2007          Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.)

February 2007     Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.)

January 2007       7 Freshmen Senators Who Voted to Kill DeMint Earmark Amendment

2006 Porker of the Year  Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W. Va.)

December 2006    Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

November 2006    Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.)

October 2006       Rep. David Price (D-N.C.)

September 2006   171 Representatives Who Voted Against Earmark Reform

August 2006         Rep. Charles Taylor (R-N.C.)

July 2006              Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.)

June 2006             Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.)

May 2006              Sens. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.)

April 2006              Rep. Alan Mollohan (D - W. Va.)

March 2006           Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) and Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

February 2006      State Dept. Official Frank Moss

January 2006        Gov. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska)

Porker of the        Sens. Hillary Clinton and Charles 
                             Schumer (D-N.Y.)
Year 2005

December 2005     Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

November 2005     Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.)

October 2005        Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.)

September 2005   Reps. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and Don Young (R-Alaska)

August 2005         Defense Official Peggy Butler

July 2005              Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-Ore.)  

June 2005             Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.)

May 2005              Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa)

April 2005             Sen. Daniel Inouye

March 2005           Rep. Charles “Charlie” Melancon
                            (D-La.)

February 2005      New York Sens. Hillary Clinton (D) 
                            & 
Charles Schumer (D)

Januray 2005        House Republican Conference

December 2004     Rep. John Peterson (R-Pa.) and 
                                   Punxsutawney Phil the Groundhog

November 2004    U.S.  Congress

October 2004

September 2004

August 2004July 2004June 2004

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and
Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.)

Reps. Bill Young (R-Fla.) and Ralph Regula (R-Ohio)

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.)

FCC Commissioners

South Carolina Legislature

May 2004

Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines

April 2004

Mayor Anthony Williams (D-DC)

March 2004

Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.)

February 2004

Rep. James T. Walsh (R-N.Y.)

January 2004

General Services Administration

Porker of the Year 2003

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.)

December 2003

Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-Nev.)

November 2003

Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio), Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), Rep. David L. Hobson (R-Ohio)

October 2003

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.)

September 2003

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.)

August 2003

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)

July 2003

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)

June 2003

Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska)

May 2003

Senator Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.), and Reps John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)

April 2003

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

March 2003

Rep. Terry Everrett (R-Ala.)

February 2003

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

January 2003

Porker of the Year, Sen. Robert Byrd (D - W. Va) announced

December 2002


November 2002
October 2002

FAA Administrator Marion Blakey


Sen. Dean Barkley (I-Minn.)

Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R.I.)

September 2002

August 2002

July 2002


June 2002

 

May 2002

 

April 2002

 

March 2002

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.)

Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.)

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W. Va)

Sens. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)


Reps. Anne Northup (R-KY) and Allan Mollohan (D-WV)


No Porker of the Month (Due to Pig Book Release)


House Appropriations Committee Staff Director James Dyer

February 2002


January 2002



December 2001

Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah)


Sens. Joe Biden (D-DE) and Ernest "Fritz" Hollings (D-S.C.)


Senator Tom Daschle (D-S.D.)

   

November 2001

Beltway Special Interests
   
October 2001 Rep. Larry Combest and Rep. Charles Stenholm
   
September 2001 No Porker of the Month
   
August 2001 Representative Dick Gephardt
   
July 2001 HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson
   
June 2001 Governor Gray Davis
   
May 2001 Senator Chafee, Senator Jeffords, and Senator Specter
   
April 2001 U.S. Postal Service
   
March 2001 Senator Daniel K. Inouye and Senator Ted Stevens
   
February 2001 Senator Robert Byrd
   
January 2001 President William Jefferson Clinton
 

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