As told by Reason.tv, the story of how the Sewall-Belmont House managed to net $3.4 million in federal money over 10 years offers a glimpse into the corrupting nature of pork-barrel spending in Congress:

And who’s the master of the game? None other than “Big Daddy” Bobby Byrd, a West Virginia redneck whose unenlightened pork-barrel ways have cost taxpayers a sizable fortune.