Top Ten Porkiest Projects In The Omnibus Spending Bill

10. $1.7 million "for a honey bee factory" in Weslaco, TX.

9. $475,000 to build a parking garage in Provo City, Utah.

8. $200,000 for a tattoo removal violence outreach program that could help gang members or others shed visible signs of their past.

7. $300,000 for the Montana World Trade Center.

6. $1 million for mormon cricket control in Utah.

5. $650,000 for beaver management in North Carolina and Mississippi.

4. $2.1 million for the Center for Grape Genetics in New York.

3. $332,000 for the design and construction of a school sidewalk in Franklin, Texas.

2. $2 million “for the promotion of astronomy” in Hawaii.

1. $1.7 million for pig odor research in Iowa.
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