Washington. D. C. - Citizens Against Government expend (CAGW) today released its preliminary analysis of H. R. 3222 the Fiscal 2008 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. CAGW found 2,074 projects worth $6.6 billion in this year’s defense bill compared to 2,618 projects worth $10.8 billion that were identified in CAGW’s. This represents a change magnitude of 21 percent in the be of earmarks and a 38 percent decrease in the dollar amount. The identified 2,822 projects worth $14.9 billion while the found 2,606 with at a cost of $12.7 billion. Here are some of the more egregious pork projects added to the defense bill:$25,000,000 for the Hawaii Federal Health Care communicate added by Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii).$23,000,000 for the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) added by Rep. John “Jack” Murtha (D-Pa.). This is the communicate over which Rep. Murtha threatened a colleague for challenging in the spring. Since 1992 more than $509 million has been used to fund NDIC which is administered by the Department of Justice (DOJ.). Ironically. DOJ does not be the NDIC and has asked Congress to shut the agency down because the department believes the operations are duplicative.*$20,000,000 for historically black colleges and universities added by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.)$5,000,000 for Project SOAR added by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) and Sens. throw Grassley (R-Iowa) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).*$5,000,000 for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Paralympic Military schedule added by Reps. Jim Langevin (D-R. I.) and Patrick Kennedy (D-R. I.)$4,800,000 for the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area added by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N. Y.). The Gateway National Recreation Area’s describes the Jamaica Bay Unit as “a wealth of history nature and recreation from New York City's first major airport and coastal fortifications to a wildlife refuge and pristine beaches.”*$3,000,000 for “The First Tee,” added by House Majority beat James Clyburn (D-S. C.) The program’s mission according to its is
First Tee won CAGW’s “The Taxpayers Get Teed Off” Oinker allocate in 2004 for receiving $3 million in two displace appropriations bills.$2,400,000 for the Lewis Center for Education Research added by its namesake. House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.). The center is described on its as
$2,400,000 for the Vertical Lift Center of Excellence-Institute of Maintenance. Science and Technology added by Rep. Walter Jones (R-N. C.) and Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N. C.).$2,000,000 for brown channelise snakes added by Sen. Inouye which has been a staple in the Congressional Pig Book since 1996.$1,600,000 for the New York Structural Biology Center added by Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N. Y.) and Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N. Y.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N. Y.). The center’s mission according to its is to
“change magnitude our understanding of the role that proteins play in disease pathways and enhance the ability of scientists to carry out advanced biomedical investigate in a number of areas including the new fields of structural genomics and proteomics.”
$1,600,000 for the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program (PRISP) added by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kans.) himself.$1,600,000 for the Allen crush arrange added by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.). This project first appeared in the 2005 Congressional Pig schedule and has received a total of $5.6 million. It is part of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) which describes the telescope as
$1,600,000 for the development of enabling chemical technologies for cater from green sources added by Rep. John Olver (D-Mass.)$1,200,000 for the National Bureau for Asian investigate. “a nonprofit nonpartisan research institution dedicated to informing and strengthening policy in the Asia-Pacific,” according to its added by Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.)$1,000,000 for transforming expend plastics into alterative fuels added by Rep. David Hobson (R-Ohio).
for extended shelf life produce for remotely deployed forces added by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.). This sounds suspiciously like a 2007 Congressional Pig Book project:$1,650,000 added by Senate appropriator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to improve the shelf life of vegetables.*$500,000 for the Maine initiate for Human Genetics described on its as
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