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The Pork Report: October 9, 2009
Posted by The Pork Report in Politics on October 9th, 2009
Senator Byrd earmarks $5 million in Defense funds for a company that no longer exists
House committee earmarks $103 million of Defense funds to contractors who employ the congressmen’s former staffers-turned-lobbyists
National Science Foundation studies the bug splatter on the front bumper of a moving vehicle
National Historic Site in Maryland created by a congressional earmark costs $638,000 a year and has fewer visitors than some Alaskan parks that can’t even be reached by road
New USDA research agency already wants more money
Like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Administration might need a federal bailout
Most Interior Department law enforcement programs can not accurately account for the firearms under their control and some of their guns are vulnerable to theft
Bureau of Land Management employees too cozy with special interest groups and lobbyists, according to the Inspector General
A new computer system key to the nation’s air traffic control system has already run into problems, raising doubts about whether it can be operational when the current computers must be replaced
California has paid more than $8 million in late-payment penalties over the last two years because Sacramento did not pay the bills when they were owed
Tags: Big Government, Breitbart
The Pork Report: October 8, 2009
Posted by The Pork Report in ACORN, Politics on October 8th, 2009
From the great folks at Sen. Tom Coburn’s office:
Political scientists lobbying Congress for federal subsidies
The National Science Foundation spends about $8 million annually to support political science research
Research sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Air Force attempts to predict individuals’ political affiliation based on Facebook profiles
Congress earmarks $3 million to a company owned by Goldman Sachs and two private equity funds
Congress raids the military’s maintenance budget to pay for $5 million earmark for digital scrapbooks
The Federal Aviation Administration has spent more than $270 million in federal stimulus grants on projects that scored poorly on the agency’s own national priority rating system
Department of Homeland Security steers nearly $1 million in federal funding, typically distributed to fire departments, to ACORN
Tags: Big Government, Breitbart
Pork Report: October 2, 2009
Posted by The Pork Report in News, Politics on October 2nd, 2009
Money intended for soldiers fighting war is instead being spent on senators’ home-state pet projects
Defense spending bill contains an earmark that has nothing to do with national defense, $20 million for an institute honoring late Senator Ted Kennedy
Maryland Senator earmarks tens of millions of dollars in a defense spending bill for her top campaign donors
New Jersey receives $4.8 million earmark to increase the size of Long Beach Island beaches and dunes
National Science Foundation hands out taxpayer cash in experiment to determine if birth order affects willingness to make risky economic decisions
Federal grant pays to design and build an exhibit about the significance of lacrosse
Tags: Big Government, Breitbart
Pork Report: October 1, 2009
Posted by The Pork Report in News, Politics on October 1st, 2009
Keep on Truckin’:
Grateful Dead archive receives $615,175 federal grant; “The ultimate goal… is that everyone will have a Grateful Dead experience”
Renovation project at the Bill Clinton presidential center will receive $2.5 million of federal stimulus funds
North Carolina Department of Transportation spending $1.2 million of federal stimulus funds to renovate a lighthouse and another $3 million to paint a bridge
Congress approves $250 million increase in its own budget
Alabama governor seeks to award a no bid contract to monitor the use of federal stimulus funds to a sketchy company with no Web site, no listed phone number, and no e-mail address
Tags: Big Government, Breitbart
Pork Report: September 30, 2009
Posted by The Pork Report in News, Politics on September 30th, 2009
Today’s Pork Report from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) identies at least $315 million in wasteful Washington spending:
Congress boosts its own budget by $250 million; Increase will pay to hire consultants, hold receptions, and send postcards to voters
Only 16% of Americans believe Congress is doing a good job
Medicaid spends $65 million on prescription drug abuse, including paying for thousands of prescriptions for dead patients
Puppet theater in Philadelphia receives federal stimulus funds
80% of Boston’s music festival being paid for with federal stimulus funds; The six-concert, three-day event plans to “jump-start the classical music season and the national economy”
Nevada spending federal stimulus funds to underwrite “crucial festival director position”
Despite being in good financial shape, Idaho festival receives stimulus funds to pay for next year’s festival
Tags: Big Government, Breitbart
Pork Report: September 29,2009
Posted by The Pork Report in Politics on September 29th, 2009
Today’s edition of Sen. Coburn’s Pork Report identifies at least $108.4 million in wasteful Washington Spending.
Despite being in good condition, Hollywood’s Sunset Strip will get a $7 million face lift with federal stimulus funds
Employee misconduct investigations, often involving workers accessing pornography from government computers, grew sixfold last year at the National Science Foundation; The problems were so pervasive, the agency’s inspector general had to cut back on its primary mission of investigating grant fraud and recovering misspent tax dollars
Senior government executives earned higher raises and bonuses last year
Defense appropriations bill steers over $100 million to campaign donors for pork projects not wanted by the Pentagon
Pork Rx; Federal government would pay 100% of the cost of Medicaid expansion in the Senate Majority Leader’s state under new health care bill
Appliance salesman: The $300 million Cash for Refrigerators program may leave customers disappointed and not be worth the trouble for stores
National Science Foundation spends $1.4 million to research the “environmental-justice” of landscaping
Tags: Big Government, Breitbart
Pork Report: September 28, 2009 **LINKS FIXED**
Posted by The Pork Report in Politics on September 28th, 2009
- Many Republican Senators complain about Obama spending policies, then vote for the spending increases
- Nearly $10 billion in stimulus aid to repair the nation’s tattered highways has largely bypassed areas where roads are in the worst shape
- The Federal Aviation Administration will spend over $10 million on an airstrip that has no demonstrated need, doesn’t meet the FAA’s minimum quota for air traffic, and is only 11 miles away from an existing airport
- AIDS Pork: San Francisco continues to receives federal funding for AIDS patients who died decades ago
- Only 22 percent of Defense Travel System users are happy with the problem-plagued $500 million government travel system
- American Jazz Museum in Missouri receives $300,000 congressional earmark
Tags: Big Government, Breitbart