On CBS Evening News, President Obama claimed that less than 1 percent of the spending in the Senate "porkulus" bill was potentially non-stimulative in nature.

In the same vein, the Financial Times is reporting that, according to White House estimates, "only $3bn to $5bn of the bill – less than 1 per cent – counts as special interest spending."

Forget that Obama said this bill would have NO pork. Here's why Obama's "less than 1 percent" claim is DEAD WRONG.

Senator Vitter has offered an amendment that would strike $35 billion in funding that is not focused on creating jobs to help stimulate the economy. Targeted for elimination by Vitter:

• $20 million for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove small and mid-sized fish barriers
  
• $1 billion for the 2010 census
  
• $600 million for the federal government to purchase energy efficient vehicles
  
• $500 million for NASA climate change studies
  
• $850 million to bail out Amtrak
  
• $100 million for the Department of Defense to purchase hybrid vehicles
  
• $2.25 billion for groups engaged in neighborhood stabilization programs, such as ACORN and other entities

I've just listed a few items from the Vitter amendment, and we're already over $5 billion in waste.

Don't forget other questionable projects, like the:

• $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Dept. of Energy defunded last year because the project was inefficient
  
• $650 million for the digital television (DTV) converter box coupon program
  
• $1.4 billion for a rural waste disposal programs
  
• $110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems
  
• $6 billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings
  
• $248 million to buy furniture at the new Dept. Homeland Security building
  
• The list goes on.

Without a doubt, the wasteful spending in the "porkulus" bill exceeds 1 percent.