1. Omnibus Pork by the Numbers: List of Senators and Their Earmark Count

    if you break down the number of earmarks for each Senator, you will see that the top two earmarkers in terms of pure numbers are the two GOP Senators from Mississippi, Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker. Cochran happens to be the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee.

   Note: Senator Orrin Hatch has since removed his one earmark.

   Cochran (R-MS) 230
   Wicker (R-MS) 199
   Murray (D-WA) 172
   Harkin (D-IA) 152
   Reid (D-NV) 129
   Menendez (D-NJ) 123
   Feinstein (D-CA) 121
   Lautenberg (D-NJ) 120
   Lincoln (D-AR) 114
   Inouye (D-HI) 113
   Schumer (D-NY) 106
   Johnson (D-SD) 105
   Landrieu (D-LA) 104
   Specter (D-PA) 103
   Pryor (D-AR) 96
   Levin (D-MI) 93
   Stabenow (D-MI) 91
   Boxer (D-CA) 90
   Brown (D-OH) 87
   Grassley (R-IA) 86
   Bingaman (D-NM) 86
   Durbin (D-IL) 86
   Akaka (D-HI) 83
   Wyden (D-OR) 83
   Cardin (D-MD) 79
   Merkley (D-OR) 79
   Gillibrand (D-NY) 79
   Bond (R-MO) 78
   Bennett (R-UT) 76
   Casey (D-PA) 76
   Udall (D-NM) 73
   Reed (D-RI) 70
   Kerry (D-MA) 69
   Cantwell (D-WA) 69
   Hagan (D-NC) 69
   Voinovich (R-OH) 68
   Klobuchar (D-MN) 68
   Rockefeller (D-WV) 67
   Dodd (D-CT) 66
   Mikulski (D-MD) 65
   Tester (D-MT) 65
   Lieberman (ID-CT) 64
   Hutchison (R-TX) 63
   Baucus (D-MT) 62
   Dorgan (D-ND) 60
   Warner (D-VA) 60
   Webb (D-VA) 58
   Franken (D-MN) 58
   Collins (R-ME) 57
   Leahy (D-VT) 56
   Murkowski (R-AK) 55
   Whitehouse (D-RI) 55
   Kohl (D-WI) 54
   Conrad (D-ND) 52
   Vitter (R-LA) 48
   Cornyn (R-TX) 45
   Snowe (R-ME) 44
   Nelson (D-FL) 43
   Chambliss (R-GA) 42
   Crapo (R-ID) 41
   Risch (R-ID) 41
   Bennet (D-CO) 40
   Brownback (R-KS) 39
   Carper (D-DE) 39
   Burr (R-NC) 38
   Begich (D-AK) 37
   McConnell (R-KY) 35
   Roberts (R-KS) 35
   Sanders (I-VT) 33
   Shelby (R-AL) 32
   Inhofe (R-OK) 32
   Shaheen (D-NH) 32
   Alexander (R-TN) 30
   Udall (D-CO) 30
   Lugar (R-IN) 29
   Graham (R-SC) 27
   Thune (R-SD) 26
   Isakson (R-GA) 24
   Nelson (D-NE) 23
   Sessions (R-AL) 21
   Bunning (R-KY) 21
   Ensign (R-NV) 20
   Gregg (R-NH) 13
   Barrasso (R-WY) 4
   Enzi (R-WY) 3
   Hatch (R-UT) 1
   Bayh (D-IN) 1
   Corker (R-TN) 1
   Brown (R-MA) 1
   McCain (R-AZ) 0
   Feingold (D-WI) 0
   Kyl (R-AZ) 0
   DeMint (R-SC) 0
   Coburn (R-OK) 0
   McCaskill (D-MO) 0
   Johanns (R-NE) 0
   LeMieux (R-FL) 0
   Manchin (D-WV) 0
   Coons (D-DE) 0
   Kirk (R-IL) 0

   
   

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