Alaskan Congressman Don Young attended a reception last night where he received an award from each of the following groups: Americans for Tax Reform, American Shareholders Association, Alliance for Worker Freedom, and the 60 Plus Association. These awards are based off of various votes that fall in line with the ideals of the individual groups.

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Contrary to many “leaks” reported in the press, Bush will do something about pork.
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Too many earmarks, too little accountability. Earmarks are provisions often snuck into legislation not subject to legislative or public scrutiny and that often lead to wasteful Federal spending. Earmarks have tripled in number over the last decade and have increased spending [...]

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50 amendments to cut pork. One passed. I’d like to express my appreciation to Kos and all the other nutroots for electing a Democratic Congress that has accomplished so much.
The Club for Growth has the scorecard. It ain’t pretty.

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Tom Reynolds, in a fight, has finally played the pork issue. His opponent, Jack Davis, a Democrat, has promised to vote against every such project.
Reynolds has made that an issue in his ads. He’s trumpeting what he’s been able to do for his district. He baldly states that under Jack Davis, all that money would [...]

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More secret holds on the Government Accountability bill.

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The King of Pork, who has had the entire state of West Virginia named after him, Senator Richard [Sheets] Byrd, D-KKK, also had a secret hold on the openness in pork amendment I’ve been writing about.
Need I say what a disgusting piece of work he is. Nope?
And the Democrats are proud of him.

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We got him. Ted Stevens!

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Suitably Flip lays out the remaining suspects. Remember, Bill Frist knows who it is, as does the committee chairman. And probably everyone but the people paying the Senators’ salaries.
The identity of the one or more Senators who placed a “secret hold” on S2590 (the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act), a pork transparency bill sponsored [...]

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Remember that scene from Frankenstein when the villagers come with their pitchforks and torches? We Are looking for the Senator with the secret hold.

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The attractive and smart Mary Katherine Hamm video blogs about pork at Michelle Malkin’s Hot Air site.

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