Via FoxNews.com, the top twenty earmarking Senators. Want to rebrand your party as the party of fiscal conservatism? You can’t do it with 6 out of the top 10 earmarking Senators being in your party:
1. Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va. — $122,804,900
2. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. — $114,484,250
3. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo. — $85,691,491
4. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. — $76,899,425
5. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss. — $75,908,475
6. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska — $74,000,750
7. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa — $66,860,000
8. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. — $53,133,500
9. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. — $51,186,000
10. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii — $46,380,205
11. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. — $39,228,250
12. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. — $36,547,100
13. Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt. — $36,161,125
14. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. — $35,577,250
15. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. — $27,169,750
16. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. — $26,628,613
17. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa. — $25,320,000
18. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis. — $23,832,000
19. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. — $21,952,250
20. Former Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M. — $19,588,625
My shame is that Kit Bond is number three. Supposedly this guy is the godfather of the Missouri GOP. I said before I wouldn’t vote for him, and if he weren’t retiring, I would reiterate my pledge.
