The Lifetime Achievement Award
To then-Appropriations Committee Chairman Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.) whose 1997 total of $103,781,000 adds up to a grand total of $509,111,000 since 1991.
The Grapes of Wrath Award
For a $500,000 grant to a viticulture consortium to enhance U.S. grape farming.
The CAGW Hall of Shame Award
To Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), who has helped bring home $718,073,000 in bacon bits to his home state since 1991.
The Frito Bandito Award
For a $473,000 grant to study human nutrition research including low-fat snack foods.
The Flower Power Award
For a $250,000 grant to study floriculture in the state of Senate appropriator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii).
The Deep Six Award
For $12,000,000 to the National Undersea Research Program.
The You Debt Your Life Award
To the $4,000,000 Gambling Impact Study Commission.
The Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Award
For $17,900,000 for military construction planning and design at unspecified world wide locations.
The We’re In It Deep Award
To the $2,000,000 International Fertilizer Development Center.
The Lost In Space Award
For $15,000,000 to the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project in Alaska.
The Bi-Partisan Porkers Award
To Vermont tag-team porkers, Sens. Jim Jeffords (R) and Pat Leahy (D) for trapping $16,662,000 in pork.
The Corn Hustlers Award
To “dueling” Iowa appropriators Tom Harkin (D) and Jim Lightfoot (R) for delivering home $30,159,000 in order to get elected to the Senate.
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