Just how far will a member of Congress go to protect his pork? Senator Lindsey Graham put a hold on the confirmation of... 
For centuries the federal government has been in the business of providing billions in subsidies to coal companies in order to ensure company profits....
Like the Senate bill before it, the House bill inches in the right direction by eliminating direct payments, but dramatically falls backward in other ways...
Rep Don Young (R-AK) was awarded the Golden Fleece Award by Taxpayers for Common Sense for trying to sell America's taxpayers a $315 million "bridge to nowhere" in rural Alaska...
The federal budget is rife with taxpayer giveaways to special interests. Telling the story of wasteful federal spending involves exposing the influence that powerful industries cultivate in Washington through campaign contributions and lobbying. ...More
Powerful industries field armies of lobbyists – some employing more than one lobbyist per member of Congress – to push for spending and tax preferences that waste our tax dollars. Interest groups exert influence in a variety of ways on the lawmakers best positioned to help their cause. Exposing these connections is a critical step in holding lawmakers accountable and reining in wasteful federal spending.
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March 20, 2013
The current CR and spending bills theoretically mimic the FY13 appropriations bills, but we’ve started looking to see where lawmakers added and subtracted dollars.... 
January 02, 2013
Washington’s last minute deal to avert the fiscal cliff saw the return of many never-ending “temporary” tax breaks. While the bulk of the...
October 01, 2012
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June 26, 2012
Left-Right coalition identifies practical steps Congress could take to slash deficits, save natural resources....
June 17, 2012
The Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing last week on tax reform and its impacts on energy policy. Among the four witnesses from both...
February 01, 2012
Today the House Natural Resources Committee considered the energy portions of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act (the...
May 22, 2013
Despite our nation’s $16.8 trillion debt and record deficits, agricultural lobbyists continue to fearlessly campaign for more subsidies...
April 02, 2013
The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) was created in the 2008 farm bill to provide federal grants and loans to renewable energy...
March 20, 2013
The federal government has in one form or another provided lucrative subsidies to the corn ethanol industry for more than 30 years, wasting...
March 20, 2013
The Senate's Environment and Public Works committee is taking up a water project bill that could cost taxpayers billions....
May 28, 2013 | The Hill
Senators critical of the level of spending in the giant $955 billion farm bill are fighting for floor votes after the Memorial Day recess on...
May 03, 2013 | USA Today
In a spirited debate between South Carolina congressional candidates Elizabeth Colbert Busch and Mark Sanford, we found a couple of...
May 02, 2013 | Watchdog.org
MADISON – After overseeing transparency and accountability of the massive $840 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, tracking...
April 29, 2013 | Other Words
President Barack Obama wants to revamp Washington’s global food aid system. His 2014 budget request would transfer much of the program from...
April 24, 2013 | POLITICO
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