Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
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...
The results are in! Taxpayers for Common Sense analysis of the FY07 Defense spending bill found 2,646 earmarks worth $10.5B. This compares...
OMB just sent out a memo to Department Heads and Federal Agencies directing them how to deal with the FY07 spending bill (which the...
Four and half months into the fiscal year, 2007 appropriations are finally done. What a mess. The Republicans left a mess by not getting...
Here’s the likely scenario: The Omnibus spending bill appears tomorrow, runs through a revolving door at the Rules committee and makes a...
The President’s Statement of Administration Policy on the FY07 spending bill is out.
I am heartened by the Administration's comment:
“The...
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...
The House Rules Committee is supposed to consider the FY07 Continuing Resolution (CR) today at 3 PM.
CR 101: For the last several years,...
The long-term continuing resolution for FY07 appropriations is supposed to be considered by the House on Wednesday. It should come out on...
Dear Senator:
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action urges you to support cloture on Sen. Judd Gregg’s (R-NH) amendment, “A Second Look at...
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Volume XVIII No. 37
Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...
July 11, 2013