Citizens Against Government Waste, the organization dedicated to ending wasteful government spending with its mascot “Pigfoot,” released its Congressional Pig Book on Wednesday, a list of earmarks hidden in bills each fiscal year.
Since its inception in fiscal 1991, CAGW has identified 132,434 earmarks costing taxpayers $460.3 billion. This year, it identified 8,222 earmarks costing taxpayers $22.7 billion.
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