Republican Senator porkers (earmarks) in the omnibus bill

rino-republicansYou expect the Democrats the load bills up with pork aka earmarks, but one would think that the Republicans got the hint after the November 2nd elections. Looks like the Republicans are as braindead as the Democrats when it comes to the voter’s ire. In fact, while there are over 6,000 earmarks in the latest $1.1 trillion dollar omnibus bill, the two leaders in earmark request according to Cubachi are the two Mississippi Republican Senators! Thad Cochran requested 230 earmarks and Roger Wicker requested 199 total earmarks! The other Republican porkers included (with the number of earmark requests):

Grassley (R-IA) 86
Bond (R-MO) 78
Bennett (R-UT) 76
Voinovich (R-OH) 68
Hutchison (R-TX) 63
Collins (R-ME) 57
Murkowski (R-AK) 55
Vitter (R-LA) 48
Cornyn (R-TX) 45
Snowe (R-ME) 44
Chambliss (R-GA) 42
Crapo (R-ID) 41
Risch (R-ID) 41
Brownback (R-KS) 39
Burr (R-NC) 38
Roberts (R-KS) 35
McConnell (R-KY) 35
Shelby (R-AL) 32
Inhofe (R-OK) 32
Alexander (R-TN) 30
Lugar (R-IN) 29
Graham (R-SC) 27
Thune (R-SD) 26
Isakson (R-GA) 24
Sessions (R-AL) 21
Bunning (R-KY) 21
Ensign (R-NV) 20
Gregg (R-NH) 13
Barrasso (R-WY) 4
Enzi (R-WY) 3
Corker (R-TN) 1
Brown (R-MA) 1

The only Republicans not to request earmarks include Mike Johanns (R-NE), Mark Kirk (IL), Tom Coburn (OK), George LeMieux (R-FL), Orin Hatch (UT), John McCain (AZ), Jon Kyl (AZ) and Jim DeMint (SC)

The Democrats who requested earmarks (with their total requests):

Murray (D-WA) 172
Harkin (D-IA) 152
Reid (D-NV) 129
Menendez (D-NJ) 123
Feinstein (D-CA) 121
Lautenberg (D-NJ) 120
Lincoln (D-AR) 114
Inouye (D-HI) 113
Schumer (D-NY) 106
Johnson (D-SD) 105
Landrieu (D-LA) 104
Specter (D-PA) 103
Pryor (D-AR) 96
Levin (D-MI) 93
Stabenow (D-MI) 91
Boxer (D-CA) 90
Brown (D-OH) 87
Durbin (D-IL) 86
Bingaman (D-NM) 86
Akaka (D-HI) 83
Wyden (D-OR) 83
Cardin (D-MD) 79
Merkley (D-OR) 79
Gillibrand (D-NY) 79
Casey (D-PA) 76
Udall (D-NM) 73
Reed (D-RI) 70
Kerry (D-MA) 69
Cantwell (D-WA) 69
Hagan (D-NC) 69
Klobuchar (D-MN) 68
Rockefeller (D-WV) 67
Dodd (D-CT) 66
Mikulski (D-MD) 65
Tester (D-MT) 65
Lieberman (ID-CT) 64
Baucus (D-MT) 62
Dorgan (D-ND) 60
Warner (D-VA) 60
Webb (D-VA) 58
Franken (D-MN) 58
Leahy (D-VT) 56
Whitehouse (D-RI) 55
Kohl (D-WI) 54
Conrad (D-ND) 52
Nelson (D-FL) 43
Bennet (D-CO) 40
Carper (D-DE) 39
Begich (D-AK) 37
Sanders (I-VT) 33
Shaheen (D-NH) 32
Udall (D-CO) 30
Nelson (D-NE) 23
Bayh (D-IN) 1

Joe Manchin, Claire McCaskill, Russ Feingold and the bearded Marxist were the only Democrats not to request an earmark.

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December 15, 2010 · Filed Under RINOs


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