2015 congressional pig book on government waste

The government watchdog group, citizens against government waste cagw published their annual report on wasteful government. Citizens against government waste cagw held a press conference on wed. Annual pig book targets millions of dollars in federal. The report, which ccagw has issued since 1989, identifies members whose voting records helped protect and save the taxpayers money. Today, citizens against government waste cagw released its 2015 congressional pig book, the 23rd edition of the groups expose on porkbarrel spending. The book is compiled every year by citizens against government waste cagw.

Cagw releases 2017 congressional pig book business wire. Since 1991, citizens against government waste has chronicled how lawmakers have spent hundreds of billions of dollars on porkbarrel spending through the process of congressional earmarking. Citizens against government waste 2020 congressional pig. Summary historical trends 2016 database order a copy pdf graphics. Pig book spotlights 232 earmarks amid pork that wastes. Mccain and four other lawmakers attended the annual release of the congressional pig book on wednesday. Sep 23, 2009 when citizens against government waste cagw released the first congressional pig book in 1991, the group was a lonely voice in the porkbarrel wilderness. Cagws earmark database collects almost 30 years of work identifying wasteful spending projects and makes the information available online in one. Citizens against government waste cagw is a nonprofit 501c3 organization in the united. The pig book citizens against government waste macmillan. The council for citizens against government waste ccagw today released its 20 congressional ratings, highlighting the voting records of all 535 members of congress. Jul 18, 2018 today, citizens against government waste released its 2018 congressional pig book, the 26th edition of the groups expose on porkbarrel spending.

The congressional pig book is cagws annual compilation of the pork barrel projects in the federal budget. Jun 12, 2019 the 2019 pig book shows that congress still has pork barrel fever and their only prescription has been more earmarks, schatz said. May, 2015 the 2015 pig book continues to prove that any earmark is a bad earmark, cagw president tom schatz said. Earmark database citizens against government waste. Former congress mlc kanhaiyalal gidwani was reported to have as many as ten flats, which he had bought on behalf of top politicians. You certainly dont get that impression by flipping through the.

Washington congress imposed a moratorium on earmarks on itself in 2011, but for the seventh consecutive year, an anti government waste and fraud nonprofit exposed nearly 300 new examples of the secret spending wednesday. The state government plans to move the supreme court seeking a hearing on monday after it imposed a stay on all constructions across maharashtra over lack of a solid waste management policy. As in previous years, all of the items in the congressional pig book meet at least one of cagws seven criteria, but most satisfy at least two. This dubious monthly honor is given to lawmakers, government officials and political candidates who have shown a blatant disregard for the interest of taxpayers. The covid19 response read about how cagw and ccagw are fighting to protect taxpayers as the government responds to the coronavirus outbreak.

A study on pig production at 22 pig farms in gia lam district was conducted to assess overall environmental quality of pig farming, to identify main characteristics and pollution sources of pig. The nonprofit group, citizens against government waste, has released its 2014 congressional pig book documenting porkbarrel spending in washington. News release from citizens against government waste, may, 2015 washington, d. Cagw releases 2018 congressional pig book business wire. The congressional pig book is published annually by this organization, which also monthly names a porker of the month. Government waste released its 2018 congressional pig book, the. Last week, citizens against government waste cagw released their 2020 congressional pig book to highlight the irresponsible spending. Ted cruz rtexas, may 7, 2014 i commend citizens against government waste for trying to shame congress into. Peter grace and syndicated columnist jack anderson, cagw produces numerous publications including their official newspaper government wastewatch and the annual congressional pig book out of which the pig book grew. Apr, 2016 citizens against government waste, in their latest report, found that the cost of earmarks increased 21 percent from fiscal 2015, despite a 2011 moratorium on earmarks imposed by thenhouse.

Citizens against government waste pigbook exposes billions in. The 2019 congressional pig book reveals that washington has the porkbarrel fever, and their only prescription is more earmarks, citizens against. Sep 17, 20 founded in 1984 by the late industrialist j. Sc stays construction as maharashtra delays waste norms. Schatz is the president of citizens against government waste.

Apr, 2016 pigfoot, the citizens against government waste mascot, attending the april, 2016 launch of the groups congressional pig book. The congressional pig book summary pig book is an annual list of such projects and their. The citizens against government waste released its annual congressional pig book, identifying wasteful spending in 2020 appropriations. It is in this climate that citizens against government waste cagw releases the 2020 congressional pig book, which demonstrates that legislators continue to. Trump was not concerned about members of congress, the capitol police, or former. Ccagw releases 20 congressional ratings council for. Schatz is the president of citizens against government wast. Citizens against government waste has released its 2019 congressional pig book, the 27th edition of the groups expose on porkbarrel spending. The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 2015 pig book continues to prove that any earmark is a bad earmark, said citizens against government waste president tom schatz said in a prepared statement.

Eastwest center featured in 2015 congressional pig book. Government waste identified 123 earmarks, up from 105 in the 2015. Jul 15, 2020 citizens against government waste may not be the most popular group in washington for obvious reasons, but taxpayers across the country have no better friend or ally protecting their pocket books from the big spenders here in congress their efforts and most notably the annual congressional pig book helped put an end to earmarking altogether. May, 2015 2015 congressional pig book targets government waste. A pork project is a lineitem in an appropriations bill that designates tax dollars for a specific purpose in circumvention of established budgetary procedures. Sadly, for the seventh time since congress adopted an earmark moratorium in 2011, citizens against government waste has unearthed earmarks in the appropriations bills. Son cao truong doctor of engineering vietnam national. Phong said to meet the demand for energy from 7% in the 2010 2020 period and 5% in the next 10 years, vietnam will exploit around 19 billion cub. Gidwani and his son had been earlier arrested on 6 march 2012, by the cbi for trying to influence cbi officials investigating their alleged involvement in the adarsh scam.

The congressional pig book is cagws annual compilation of the porkbarrel projects in the federal budget. Jun 12, 2019 the 2019 congressional pig book exposes 282 earmarks in fy 2019, 21. Citizens against government waste releases 2020 congressional. Citizens against government waste, 2018 congressional pig book. A pork project is a lineitem in an appropriations bill. Jul 15, 2020 today, citizens against government waste cagw released its 2020 congressional pig book, the 28th edition of the groups expose on porkbarrel spending cagw president tom schatz was joined on a virtual press conference on cagws facebook live by sen. On wednesday july 15, 2020, citizens against government waste cagw will release the 2020 congressional pig book at a virtual press. An april 2015 government accountability office gao report noted that. Congressional pig book reveals billions in porkbarrel. Jul 21, 2017 wednesday, july 19th 2017 washington the government watchdog group, citizens against government waste cagw published their annual report on wasteful government spending and found that congress is not keeping kosher. At a time when members of congress from both sides of the aisle and both sides of the.

Today, citizens against government waste cagw released its 2016 congressional pig book, the 24th edition of the groups expose on porkbarrel spending. Tom schatz, the president of citizens against government waste discussed the 2012 congressional pig book which focuses on government waste, earmarks and pork barrel spending. The projects in the 2015 congressional pig book summary symbolize the most blatant examples of pork. First kilo class submarine to arrive in november news. Citizens against government waste cagw will release the 2015 congressional pig book at a press conference on wednesday, may, 2015 at 9 am.

Cagw president tom schatz was joined at the phoenix park hotel in washington, d. Ted cruz rtexas, may 7, 2014 i commend citizens against government waste for trying to shame congress. Jun 02, 2006 recently citizens against government waste cagw released its annual report, dubbed the pig book, which lists nearly 10,000 items put into appropriations bills for this fiscal year that it says werent scrutinized during normal congressional procedures or required to meet grant requirements. Jul 19, 2018 the program buried in the agriculture department budget is brought to the surface in the 2018 congressional pig book compiled by citizens against government waste, a watchdog that has put. You certainly dont get that impression by flipping through the pig book.

Pig book finds earmark spending on the rise fox news. Feb 15, 2021 molly riley reuters presidential candidate senator john mccain rariz. Government spending and congress obsession with pork. Citizens against government waste releases 2019 congressional. Examples of riders and government waste single subject. Today, citizens against government waste released its 2017 congressional pig book, the 25th edition of the groups expose on porkbarrel spending. This organizations affiliate, the council for citizens. The 2016 congressional pig book exposes 123 earmarks in fiscal 2016, an increase of 17. Pigfoot, a mascot for citizens against government waste, joins, from left, sens. Most of the projects in the 2016 pig book satisfy at least two, the group. Lee said fiscal conservatives believed they had won the war on earmarks when republicans banned them a decade ago. Citizens against government waste pigbook exposes billions.