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2007 Porker of the Year Nominees

The six finalists were chosen by CAGW staff from among the Porkers of the Month for 2007.

 Representative James 'Jim' E. Clyburn

DC Office Phone:
202-225-3315
Fax: 202-225-2313

http://clyburn.house.gov
Email Form 

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.

Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln



DC Office Phone:
202-224-4843
Fax: 202-228-1371


http://lincoln.senate.gov/
Email Form

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. 

Representative John 'Jack' P. Murtha Jr.

 

DC Office Phone:
202-225-2065
Fax: 202-225-5709

http://www.house.gov/murtha
Email Form

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.

Representative James 'Jim' L. Oberstar

 

DC Office Phone:
202-225-6211
Fax: 202-225-0699

http://www.oberstar.house.gov
Email Form

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.

Senator Richard C. Shelby

 

DC Office Phone:
202-224-5744
Fax: 202-224-3416

http://shelby.senate.gov/
Email Form

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.

Representative Donald 'Don' Edward Young

 

DC Office Phone:
202-225-5765
Fax: 202-225-0425

http://donyoung.house.gov/
Email Form

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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