Pork Report, December 10, 2009: Muskrat Love Edition

by The Pork Report

Martini bar, puppet shows, and research on the sex drive of rats among the recipients of federal stimulus funding

All aboard the stimulus gravy train! $54 million of stimulus funds for a California “wine train” and $2.2 million for a golf course being threatened with closure

Congressional Republicans trumpeting their efforts to rein in federal spending have tucked thousands of pet projects costing more than $1 billion in the $446.8 billion omnibus appropriations bill expected to be passed this week

$500,000 National Science Foundation grant studies how people use Facebook

Washington Metro, facing a $175 million budget shortfall, spending more than $1 million on lobbying and government relations

Juan de Fuca Festival gets federal stimulus funds; “It demonstrates the high esteem in which the festival is held for the Juan de Fuca Festival to receive such a big piece of the pie,” says group’s executive director