Article: Sen. Robert Byrd is CAGW Porker of the Month; O, fie upon thee, slanderer!

WASHINGTON -- Senate Appropriations Chairman Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.) is up to his old tricks. Last week, in an attempt to muscle President Bush and his Budget Director, Mitch Daniels, over the defense supplemental spending bill, Byrd took to the Senate floor to chastise Daniels. In a display impressive only for its sophistry and pomposity, Byrd lashed Daniels for daring to stand up to the Congressional Big Spenders Caucus, which Byrd bestrides like a colossus. Citizens Against Government Waste names Byrd its Porker of the Month for July 2002.

"He (Daniels) is always meddling in the Congress, in its work, and in appropriations," Byrd complained. "Not only that, ...

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