Pork Fans

With the recent discussion on here about "fiscal conservatives" it might be a good time to see who are the biggest fans of "pork" in Congress. Basically these are the Congressman that sneak in huge pet-project earmarks into spending bills. That way they can't be eliminated because there is no line-item veto. Republicans and Democrats are at fault for this practice. And by the way, I wouldn't mind these Republicans getting their butts voted out of office. We got rid of a lot of these pork-spenders in 2006 and I wouldn't mind weeding out a few more.

Biggest Fans of Pork

Republican Sen. (Alaska) Ted Stevens - $345 million

Democrat Sen. (West Virginia) Robert Byrd - $330 million

Democrat Sen. (Hawaii) Daniel Inouye - $226 million

Republican Sen. (Mississippi) Thad Cochran - $290 million

Democratic Rep. (Pennsylvania) John Murtha - $160 million

Republican Rep. (California) Jerry Lewis - $110 million

Who Aren't Fans of Pork

Republican Rep. John Boehner (Ohio)

Republican Sen. John McCain (Arizona)

Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold (Wisconsin)

Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller (West Virginia)

Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (Missouri)

Lawmakers Opposed to Tax and Spending Increases

Republican Sen. Tom Coburn (Oklahoma)

Republican Sen. Jim DeMint (South Carolina)

Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman (California)

Republican Rep. Paul Ryan (Wisconsin)

Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling (Texas)

Republican Rep. John Kline (Minnesota)

Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minnesota)