THE PORK CONGRESS APPROVES is just the tip of the spending iceberg.

What's interesting is the graphic. Looking at the 'number of spending bills sponsored', we find 65 of the 70 legislators shown sponsoring spending bills were Democrats; looking at the 'dollar amount of bills sponsored', we find that 51 of the 70 legislators shown were Democrats (the legislators shown are not the same in each graphic).

Going to the Washington Examiner's 'Appropriate Appropriations?' tracking page, I found that Virginia Democrats sponsored legislation totaling $11.725B plus additional bills allocating 'such sums as necessary'. Republicans sponsored legislation totaling $61.946B plus 'such sums as necessary' (but that included a single bill appropriating $61.945B for the Department of Commerce).

Now here's what's truly shocking. I did a 'sort by amount' on all bills placed on the Senate and House legislative calendars and found at least 378 bills (I may have lost count) with the 'such sums as necessary' allocation.

There were (again, at least) 572 bills allocating specific amounts, ranging from a high of $1T to a low of a mere $30K. Of that 572, 156 were for allocations in excess of $1B.

Congress is a pork-production shop of unparalled size. See for yourselves....