Before running for the hills their districts, Congress passed a pork-filled $286.5 billion highway bill and sent it on to the president.

One of the most egregious projects in the bill, as Xoff points out at the link above, is the $230 million bridge to an island in Alaska populated by 50 people. Said one DC lobbyist who didn't want to be identified:

“That’s going to be a sweet bridge that six people a day use.”

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has sharply criticized the bill, and lists a number of pet projects contained in it including a few here in Wisconsin.

President Bush initially vowed to veto any highway bill that spent this much, but last week said he will sign it into law. This just begs the question of whether or not this president will ever veto anything, most notably excessive spending.