Big Surprise: democrats lead the way in Congressional pork spending

USA Today reports this week that 20 freshman members of Congress (ALL democrats) led the way this year racking up $70 million in special-interest spending, or "earmarks," in the House and Senate spending bills.

dems lead in pork-barrel spending

Slick Nick Lampson, of course, made the list. What a proud "conservative" moment for him (not.)

What was that democrats were saying about changing the culture of corruption in Washington? What was that about draining the swamp? Yeah, right.

Source: USA TODAY analysis based on data from Taxpayers for Common Sense.