New Hampshire Rep. Paul Hodes (D) Named one of USA Today’s Worst Pork Barrel Spenders

 Cross posted at Grizzly Groundswell

 Congratulations are in order for New Hampshire’s second district representative. He took home a well deserved and hard fought award last week. He was named by USA Today as one of the worst pork barrel spending representatives in the House. Congratulations Paul Hodes, you must be proud.

 Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter ( New Hampshire’s First district, and my, representative) promised to reign in wasteful government spending, yet Paul Hodes has brought it to another level.

GOP Chairman Fergus Cullen: “After earning the distinction as one of the worst pork-barrel spenders in Congress, it seems that Representative Paul Hodes has found his very own ‘bridge to nowhere.’ This is exactly the kind of project that wastes of taxpayer dollars and adds to the federal budget deficit.”

 That was New Hampshire GOP chairman Fergus Cullen’s response after it was learned that Paul Hodes had entrenched himself in his new pork barrel spending award  by receiving a $435,000 earmark for a virtual field trip of Mt. Washington for children around the country just a week after being named one of the worst wasteful spenders. Paul, at least if you are going to waste my money, please bring it back to New Hampshire. Perhaps we could name a library after you, or better yet, with the way you spend money, a bank.