The Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released their annual "Pig Book" Wednesday, which details the government's most egregious uses of pork barrel spending.
According to the CAGW Pig Book, "Congress stuffed 11,610 projects" worth $17.2 billion into a dozen spending bills.
The Pig Book highlights Congress' biggest pork barrel spenders and ranks them based on their spending. The reports lists the lawmakers who funnel money to projects on their home turf.
Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, tops the list, requesting $892.2 million in earmarks, according to the group.
The Narcissist Award was given by group president Tom Schatz to Rep. Charles Rangel, the House Ways and Means Chairman, for the Charles Rangel Public Service Center at the City College of New York, which asked for $1,950,000 "[for a project] that he named after himself."
The Democrats were behind 5,199 projects worth $5.5 billion, while the Republicans earmarked 3,408 projects worth $4.4 billion, the CAGW said. As far as joint bipartisanship, the two parties jointly backed 2,518 projects worth $3.8 billion in earmarks.
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