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Next to Anthony Mason's mindboggling amounts on CBS, the celebration of the annual Pig Book on ABC seemed trivial. The book is the annual summary of earmarked Congressional spending from the anti-porkbarrel activist group Citizens Against Government Waste. Jake Tapper leafed through its 11,610 member's pet projects costing $17.2bn. He checked off wine research, wild turkey lovers, lobster study, character-building golf and Parisian fruit flies. When a Senate motion for a year's moratorium on earmarks was defeated, House members "overloaded the House Appropriations Committee Website with their requests, causing the Website to seize up." As a result this year's pork costs 30% more than last year's.
By the way Hillary Rodham Clinton earmarked $300m in spending, Barack Obama $100m, John McCain $0m.
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