Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
This is what we wanna say: KUER is unable to process donations at the moment. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Oinker Award for Alaska Senator

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports that Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens received a dubious award yesterday. The Republican was given an "oinker award" by the Citizens Against Government Waste, citing the amount of federal pork barrel spending the group says he's brought home to Alaska. But Sen. Stevens didn't shy away from the award. Stevens says he's proud of the federal dollars he's won for his state.

Copyright 2001 NPR

KUER is listener-supported public radio. Support this work by making a donation today.