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Pig Book "Oinkers" of 2009 Recognizing Dogged Perseverance in the Mad Pursuit of Pork http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?p... The Log Rolling Award for $4.5 million in wood utilization research in 10 states by 19 senators and 10 representatives. The Porky Le Pew Award to Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) for $1.8 million in swine odor and manure management research in Ames Iowa. The Narcissist Award to Senator Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) for $2 million for the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program. The Taxpayers Get Tattooed Award to Representative Howard Berman (D-Calif.) for $200,000 for a tattoo removal program. Pork: The Final Frontier Award to Representatives Danny Davis (D-Ill.) and Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.), and then-Representative Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) for $900,000 for the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago. The When Alternate Pigs Fly Award for $465 million for the Joint Strike Fighter alternative engine. The Dim Bulb Award to Michigan Senators Carl Levin (D) and Debbie Stabenow (D), and Representative Carolyn Kirkpatrick (D) for $951,500 for downtown Detroit energy efficient street lamps. The Mighty Windbag Award to Representative Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) for $47,575 for the Harlem United wind power project. The Pork-a-saurus Award to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) for $143,000 for the Las Vegas Museum of Natural History. The Super Thad Award to Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) for $653 million in total pork. The Taxpayers Get Shelled Award to Alabama Senators Richard Shelby (R) and Jeff Sessions (R), then-Representative Terry Everett (R), Representative Mike Rogers (R) for $413,000 for tri-state joint peanut research. The Highway Robbery Award to Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) for $9.5 million for Corridor H. The Tour de Pork Award for $9.4 million for 14 projects for bike paths and trails. The Water Taxi to Nowhere Award to then-Representative Chris Shays for $1.9 million for the Pleasure Beach water taxi service project.