September 23rd, 2005 | 
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The list below shows the amount of pork Representatives and Senators have committed to cutting as reported by bloggers and blog-readers who have contacted them. The goal is to get every Representative and every Senator to commit to cutting significant pork projects in their district or state. So if your representatives show as ‘NO CUTS COMMITTED’, contact them and ask what they would cut — then report back here and let the world know what they say!
As of this writing, the only member of Congress to comit to any cuts is Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D – San Fransico 8th District).
In fact, other members of Congress become downright angry and belligerent when it is suggested they give up some of their pet project pork. Case in point Rep. Don Young (R-AK) (who’s infamous ‘Bridge to Nowhere‘ pork project has been covered here before).
VIDEO: ‘Chief Porker’ Don Young Lashes Out At Critics
No! That money is not there! That money is for transportation! That is not added pork. See, that’s why the whole media – Wall Street Journal, yourself, respectfully, you know, Sam Donaldson – don’t know what the hell you are talking about. This is grandstanding by individuals that don’t know what they’re talking about. I’ll go back to that. It’s ignorance and stupidity.
I have to agree with Rep Young there. It is most definitely ‘ignorance and stupidity‘.
The Truth Laid Bear, the site hosting Porkbusters, also has a list of pork projects per state with links and info on how to add more bacon to the list.
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