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Earmark Rumblings

Today was to be the day of earmark reckoning. At 3 PM, the Office of Management and Budget was supposed to post on the internet a database...

TCS FY07 Defense Earmarks Database Available

The results are in! Taxpayers for Common Sense analysis of the FY07 Defense spending bill found 2,646 earmarks worth $10.5B. This compares...

FY07 Earmark Instructions to Agencies

OMB just sent out a memo to Department Heads and Federal Agencies directing them how to deal with the FY07 spending bill (which the...

FY07 Spending Bill

Four and half months into the fiscal year, 2007 appropriations are finally done. What a mess. The Republicans left a mess by not getting...

Omnibus: 48 Hrs. to Read the Bill ﾖ HA! Earmark Disclosure ﾖ Double HA!!

Here’s the likely scenario: The Omnibus spending bill appears tomorrow, runs through a revolving door at the Rules committee and makes a...

Presidentﾒs SAP on FY07 Omnibus

The President’s Statement of Administration Policy on the FY07 spending bill is out. I am heartened by the Administration's comment: “The...

Spending Bill Machinations

Good theater on the House floor today (if you're a geek like me). Before getting to the substance, I thought I would comment on a nearly...

Continuing Resolution 101

The House Rules Committee is supposed to consider the FY07 Continuing Resolution (CR) today at 3 PM. CR 101: For the last several years,...

Continuing Resolution Rumors

The long-term continuing resolution for FY07 appropriations is supposed to be considered by the House on Wednesday. It should come out on...

Support Cloture on Gregg ‘A Second Look At Wasteful Spending’ Amendment

Dear Senator: Taxpayers for Common Sense Action urges you to support cloture on Sen. Judd Gregg’s (R-NH) amendment, “A Second Look at...

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...