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- <title>
- Apr. 15, 1991: The Porky Awards
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Apr. 15, 1991 Saddam's Latest Victims
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 17
- The Porky Awards
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- <p>By David Ellis/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
- </p>
- <p> What's happening in Washington? Not much, actually. Except
- for a few committees examining high-profile issues, many
- legislators are coasting from the recent Easter holiday toward
- the Memorial Day recess. But the slowdown hasn't kept some of
- them from two favorite diversions: pork-barreling and
- politicking. The envelope, please
- </p>
- <p> Pork-Barrel Lifetime Achievement Scroll: ROBERT BYRD This
- senior Democrat really knows how to deliver the bacon. Chairman
- of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, he lately had
- two federal agencies moved to his home state of West Virginia.
- </p>
- <p> The Joe McCarthy Demagoguery Citation: NEWT GINGRICH When
- the Georgian isn't slamming Democrats for opposing the war,
- he's sniping at fellow G.O.P.ers for straying from the True
- Blue. Colleagues wonder, Why should we take this from a guy who
- sat out Vietnam?
- </p>
- <p> Grumpy Gus Cup: HENRY GONZALEZ Fellow members of the House
- Banking Committee gripe that the septuagenarian Democrat spews
- a lot of gruff talk but has a poor grasp on the regulatory
- challenges of a financial-system overhaul.
- </p>
- <p> Silver-Plated Muzzle: JOE BIDEN Judiciary Committee
- hearings seldom get under way until the Delaware Democrat
- finishes showboating with witnesses as the TV cameras roll.
- </p>
- <p> Nowhere Man Plaque: WILLIAM NATCHER Capitol Hill wags say
- that Kentucky's Democratic Congressman is the perfect candidate
- for an American Express commercial. He's been in office since
- 1954, but no one's found out about it yet.
- </p>
- <p> Sleazemeister Supreme Trophy: ALFONSE D'AMATO New York's
- Republican will be investigated by the Senate ethics panel for
- housing subsidies awarded to contributors and friends. His
- shameless dealmaking embarrasses colleagues, who may issue a
- reprimand.
- </p>
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