2009 Pig Book on federal government earmark spending released today

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From: Citizens Against Government Waste

CAGW releases the 2009 Pig Book!

At 10:00 a.m. EDT today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) President Tom Schatz released the 2009 Congressional Pig Book at a Washington press conference alongside CAGW's mascot, "PigFoot."

Despite all the promises of "change," CAGW’s “little pink book” exposes how Congress continues to waste vital taxpayer dollars on parochial and non-essential projects. The 2009 Congressional Pig Book profiles such outrageous examples of pork-barrel spending in the fiscal 2009 appropriations bills as $4,545,000 for wood utilization research; $1,900,000 for a water taxi service in Connecticut; and $237,500 for the restoration of the Rialto Square Theater in Joliet, Illinois.

As always, we will name the names of those responsible for this waste!

To get your own copy of the 2009 Congressional Pig Book Summary, make a tax-deductible contribution of $25 or more to CAGW today.

And please help us put a stop to the politics of pork by spreading the word about the Pig Book to as many of your friends, family, and colleagues as possible. Thanks!

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