Unabashed Porkers
The following Senators batted .000 on all of the Coburn amendments that sought to strip the war supplemental bill of pork. This liberal lot is actually bipartisan - 16 Ds and 15 Rs. The usual suspects are all here - Clinton, Kennedy, Specter, Stevens, Lott, etc. The only one that I'm truly surprised to see is Wayne Allard. He consistently gets high marks on fiscal scorecards.
Want to let these porky politicians know how you feel? Give them an earful here.
| Senator | Senator | Senator |
| Akaka (D-HI) | Domenici (R-NM) | Mikulski (D-MD) |
| Allard (R-CO) | Harkin (D-IA) | Murkowski (R-AK) |
| Baucus (D-MT) | Inouye (D-HI) | Pryor (D-AR) |
| Bennett (R-UT) | Kennedy (D-MA) | Sarbanes (D-MD) |
| Bond (R-MO) | Kerry (D-MA)** | Schumer (D-NY) |
| Clinton (D-NY) | Landrieu (D-LA) | Shelby (R-AL) |
| Cochran (R-MS) | Lautenberg (D-NJ) | Smith (R-OR) |
| Coleman (R-MN) | Leahy (D-VT) | Snowe (R-ME) |
| Collins (R-ME) | Lincoln (D-AR)* | Specter (R-PA) |
| Dayton (D-MN) | Lott (R-MS) | Stevens (R-AK) |
| Vitter (R-LA) |
* Lincoln missed one vote
** Kerry missed two votes
UPDATE (7:16pm): After doing some more research, I discovered that Allard, Bennett, and Bond -- who are all on this list -- also signed the letter to President Bush promising to uphold his possible veto of the very same bill! Clearly they want their cake and to eat it, too. Score points with squishy constituents and hard-pressing colleagues while passing the buck to the White House. Shameless.
