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Citizens Against Government Waste published its annual list of congressional earmarks (they actually call it the Congressional Pig Book list).

Of course, what one person calls wasteful spending, another person calls bringing home the bacon, and now that Democrats are in the majority, New York was supposed to be getting more federal money.

The state made out with a good portion, particularly in the Catskills, where Maurice Hinchey brought in $43.7 million.

Here is a list of what some members from New York, and a few from elsewhere, brought their districts, according to the list. (It's in numbers of millions):  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/earmarks-2008#comments Politics Anthony Weiner Carolyn Maloney Gary Ackerman Greg Meeks Jerry Nadler Joe Crowley John Hall Jose Serrano Kirsten Gillibrand Maurice Hinchey Nydia Velazquez Yvette Clarke Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:17:01 -0400 Azi Paybarah 67333 at http://www.observer.com Our Frequent Flyers http://www.observer.com/node/26673
In what must have been an exhausting exercise, some academic wonks and good-government-type journos (namely, grad students at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and CPB's Marketplace, American RadioWorks) spent months combing the travel records of our members of Congress since 2000, detailing who travels the most (Louisiana's former Senator John Breaux) and who foots the bill. And New York's got two Congressmen - Maurice Hinchey and Greg Meeks - in the top 10!

Here are the top frequent flyers in New York's current and former Congressional delegation since 2000:

Maurice Hinchey ($152,169.25) Gregory Meeks ($126,690.08) Joseph Crowley ($79,807.23) Eliot Engel ($67,471.23) Amo Houghton ($44,539.43) Nita Lowey ($43,452.95)

... and the rundown of some of the rest:

Hillary Clinton ($31,047.74) Carolyn Maloney ($26,157.72) Major Owens ($25,049.02) Charlie Rangel ($18,821.00) Anthony Weiner ($16,756.71) Steve Israel ($14,556.24) Chuck Schumer ($13,738.00) Vito Fossella ($9,588.78) Pete King ($9,311.82)

... including a few stay-at-home types:

Nydia Velazquez ($766.64)

Among the priciest excursions were Maloney's $12,665 trip to Doha, Qatar, and Meeks' $17,194 trip to Mumbai, India.

And who could turn down NASDAQ's March 2003 meeting in Miami (not Vito or Greg) or the Aspen Institute's February 2000 conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico (not Eliot or Gary Ackerman)? And Nita must really be a fan of the Aspen Institute - over the years, she's been to its summits in Helsinki, Finland; Punta Mita, Mexico; Great Exuma Island, the Bahamas; and Honolulu.
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/26673#comments Politics Aspen Institute Carolyn Maloney Gregory Meeks Maurice Hinchey Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:43:18 -0500 Observer Staff 26673 at http://www.observer.com