Baron Hill Claims He is Fiscally Conservative... You Decide

In addition to voting for TARP $700 billion, and the Stimulus Package $1.3 trillion, Congressman Hill likes to spread the pork. Below is the pork he put in the Omnibus Bill.

From an article byMaureen Groppe • Gannett News Service • March 6, 2009 (http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090306/NEWS02/903060507/1025/ARCHIVES)

Solo earmarks by Rep. Baron Hill, D-9th District: $3,009,000 total

• $957,000 to the Ohio River Greenway Development Commission for the Ohio River Greenway project.
• $500,000 to Clark County's Office of Emergency Communications for pictometry for five counties.
• $381,000 to the Ivy Tech Community College in Bloomington for a math and science center.
• $380,000 for railroad bridge repairs in Perry County.
• $300,000 to Jeffersonville for a police data and communications system.
• $167,000 to the Bloomington Hospital Foundation for facilities and equipment.
• $167,000 to expand the emergency room at Bloomington Hospital of Orange County.
• $100,000 to the Clark County Sheriff's Department for radios.
• $57,000 to the Crawford County Youth Services Bureau in Marengo for educational programs for at-risk students.

Joint requests by Hill and other Indiana lawmakers: $2,254,746 total

• $950,000 for a linear park and greenway trail in Bloomington, jointly requested by Sen. Richard Lugar and Hill.
• $500,000 to North Vernon to replace waterlines, jointly requested by Lugar and Hill.
• $475,000 to Indiana University for a park and ride facility, jointly requested by Lugar and Hill.
• $234,746 to Indiana University for equipment for the Indiana Innovation Incubator, jointly requested by Lugar, Sen. Evan Bayh and Hill.
• $95,000 to the Lincoln Hills Development Corp. in Tell City to renovate the corporation's center, jointly requested by Lugar and Hill.