I was so proud when I heard that my Congressman, Kentucky Republican Harold 'King of Pork' Rogers was dubbed the August "Porker of the Month" by Citizens Against Government Waste. Why, you may ask? Is it the millions of dollars he pours into Kentucky's 5th District, which happens to be the second poorest district in the nation? Or is it the fact that he wants to steer $5 Million to an organization which employs his daughter? Well, yes and yes.
Here's CAGW's video on good ol' Hal:
Click here to see the Lexington Herald-Leader's write up about this bill.
This isn't the first time Rogers has been caught trying to divert funds to those who are close to him (even though he denies it).
In 2004, Senture, a call-services center in London, hired one of Rogers' sons as a computer systems administrator just after the lawmaker helped it win a $4 million homeland security contract. Father and son said there was no connection between the contract and the job.
Or how about all of the corporations on board with Hal's old-school politics?
SAIC Inc $10,000
RJ Corman Railroad Group $9,200
Corrections Corp of America $8,000
Mid-South Industries $7,900
Honeywell International $7,500
United Technologies $7,500
Boeing Co $7,000
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu $6,000
Raytheon Co $6,000
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assn $5,500
Reveal Imaging Technologies $5,500
United Parcel Service $5,500
American Bankers Assn $5,000
AT&T Inc $5,000
BAE Systems $5,000
CSX Corp $5,000
Jacobs Engineering Group $5,000
Lockheed Martin $5,000
National Beer Wholesalers Assn $5,000
National Mining Assn $5,000
National Thoroughbred Racing Assn $5,000
Norfolk Southern $5,000
Podesta Group $5,000
Please help me send Hal Home. Jim Holbert is our candidate for Congress in the 5th District. He is a Progressive Democrat in a tough race. Read more about him at www.holbertforcongress.com.
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