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The Pork Spending Awards Goes To? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan) Howard Berman (D-Cal)Danny Davis (D-Ill.) Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) Carl Levin (D) Debbie Stabenow (D) Carolyn Kirkpatrick (D) Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) Richard Shelby (R) Jeff Sessions (R) Terry Everett (R) Mike Rogers (R) Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) Representative Chris Shays The Log Rolling Award: for $4.5 million in wood utilization research in 10 states by 19 senators and 10 representatives The Porky Le Pew Award: to Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) for $1.8 million in swine odor and manure management research in Ames Iowa. The Narcissist Award: to Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) for $2 million for the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program. The Taxpayers Get Tattooed Award: to Representative Howard Berman (D-Calif.) for $200,000 for a tattoo removal program. Pork: The Final Frontier Award: to Representatives Danny Davis (D-Ill.) and Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.), and then-Representative Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) for $900,000 for the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago. The When Alternate Pigs Fly Award: for $465 million for the Joint Strike Fighter alternative engine The Dim Bulb Award: to Michigan Senators Carl Levin (D) and Debbie Stabenow (D), and Representative Carolyn Kirkpatrick (D) for $951,500 for downtown Detroit energy efficient street lamps. The Mighty Windbag Award: to Representative Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) for $47,575 for the Harlem United wind power project. The Pork-a-saurus Award: to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) for $143,000 for the Las Vegas Museum of Natural History. The Super Thad Award: to Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) for $653 million in total pork. The Taxpayers Get Shelled Award: to Alabama Senators Richard Shelby (R) and Jeff Sessions (R), then-Representative Terry Everett (R), Representative Mike Rogers (R) for $413,000 for tri-state joint peanut research. The Highway Robbery Award: to Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) for $9.5 million for Corridor H. The Tour de Pork Award: for $9.4 million for 14 projects for bike paths and trails. The Water Taxi to Nowhere Award: to then-Representative Chris Shays for $1.9 million for the Pleasure Beach water taxi service project.

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