For years, many special interests have been successful at securing wasteful subsidies through direct appropriations or through the tax code. Members of Congress who want to bring federal dollars to their districts have inserted spending into appropriations bills for things we simply do not need. Federal agencies have wasted federal resources through mismanagement and poor spending oversight. Ultimately, responsibility for wasting federal tax dollars rests with Congress, and lawmakers should be held accountable for all of their spending decisions.
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The United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) recently released its midterm financial report and in addition to troubling financials,... 
Essential Air Service (EAS) reforms passed as part of last year’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorization bill were intended to... 
The Department of Energy (DOE) is asking Congress to provide $452 million in taxpayer subsidies to help license up to two experimental small... 
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Over the last decade, the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority (KABATA) spent millions of federal taxpayer dollars on a project that... 
The Essential Air Service (EAS) is a federal subsidy program created in the 1970s as part of airline deregulation. Though the program was... 
The Senate's Environment and Public Works committee is taking up a water project bill that could cost taxpayers billions.... 
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