Doing Her PART

The group Citizens Against Government Waste has hit Rep. Darlene Hooley, D-Ore., with a double whammy in giving her its "Porker of the Month" award. A Hooley amendment to the House-approved fiscal 2006 Transportation-Treasury appropriations bill, the group noted, would add $9 million to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program, which has been rated "ineffective" [actually "Results Not Demonstrated," see update below] under the Bush administration's Program Assessment Rating Tool effort. Where does Hooley's amendment get the money for the drug program? By cutting funds for the Office of Management and Budget, which oversees the PART process.

Update: Turns out the CAGW folks were wrong about the HIDTA program rating. It's "Results Not Demonstrated," not "Ineffective." Big difference, and one I should've checked on before I posted the above item.