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House Planning to Hide Earmarks From the Public

Both CongressDaily and Roll Call (Steven Dennis' article from today pasted in at bottom) have reported that House Appropriations Chairman...

Murtha Track Record on Earmark Pressure: ‘If You Vote Against This Bill, You Wonﾒt Have Any Input at All the Next Time’

Rep. Rogers (R-MI) is bringing a privileged resolution to the floor to reprimand Rep. Murtha (D-PA) for threatening to eliminate any...

WRDA Earmarks Aplenty

We have completed compiling all the WRDA earmarks - all 438 of them - and their sponsors into a database. The Water Resources Development...

Analysis of Chairman Murthaﾒs Donors

Analysis of Chairman Murtha’s Donors.pdf

Senate Appropriations Earmark Transparency Announcement

Senate Appropriations Chairman Byrd (D-WV) announced earlier today that the Appropriations Committee will be disclosing earmarks beginning...

OMB FY05 Earmark Database Live

Today, OMB updated their new online earmark database. If you recall, OMB's database went live a few weeks ago with incomplete data and...

Taxpayers for Common Sense Statement on House Passage of Emergency Spending Bill

Today, the House passed an emergency spending bill that weighed in $21 billion heavier than President’s $103 billion proposal. House...

When an Earmark Isnﾒt an Earmark

Lawmakers have already exploited a loophole in the new transparency rules that appear to allow 'immaculate conception' earmarks. Let me...

Taxpayers for Common Sense Statement on the Emergency Spending Bill

At $20 billion more than the President’s proposal, Congress’s $124 billion emergency spending bill is giving taxpayers an acute case of...

Emergencies and Earmarks - Supplemental

I'm hearing that the Senate supplemental is weighing in at $121B, slightly slimmer than the House's $124B, although the Ag Emergency...

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...