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$94,039,035: That’s the total value of the 124 pork barrel projects secured from the federal government by Colorado’s Congressional delegation during the most recent fiscal year, according to the 2008 Pig Book.

Nationwide, Citizens Against Government Waste found $17.2 billion in pork barrel projects in the 12 appropriation bills passed by Congress during FY 2008. Colorado ranks 47th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia in such spending, $19.34 per capita.