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Complete Database of House and Senate Earmark Requests

After searching all 99 senate websites (remember the Coleman/Franken Minnesota race is still unresolved), we now have a complete database... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: Chrysler

Chrysler LLC was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.  In 2007 Cerberus Capital Management took up managing... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: General Motors

June 01, 2009 | Budget & Tax

On June 1st GM filed for bankruptcy protection in order to reorganize. Under the proceeding the company will receive access to an... Read More

Visclosky FY08 & FY09 PMA Client Earmarks

The FBI has subpoenaed various records and documents from Rep. Visclosky’s (D-IN) offices in relation to the previously raided PMA Group... Read More

Database of FY2010 Earmark Requests

Update (May 7, 2009):  It has now been just over a month since the deadline for members to disclose on their websites all FY2010 earmark... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: Bank of America (and Merrill Lynch)

March 26, 2009 | Budget & Tax

On September 15, 2008 Bank of America acquired the investment bank Merrill Lynch. Bank of America Bank of America is the nation’s... Read More

Nuclear Weapons Spending in the Omnibus

March 05, 2009 | National Security

A look at the nuclear weapons budget in the omnibus reveals that while Congress is keeping nuke funding on a short leash, a controversial... Read More

National Security Spending in the Stimulus

February 13, 2009 | National Security

The axe has fallen on the final version of the stimulus bill, and some national security spending ended up on the cutting room floor.... Read More

Senate Supports Nuke Labs, Border Fence in Stimulus

January 28, 2009 | National Security

 The House and Senate agree on many of the national security-related agencies that should receive stimulus funding. The Defense... Read More

Report: U.S. Spends Over $52 Billion on Nukes

January 15, 2009 | National Security

How much does the United States spend on nuclear weapons? Seems like a simple question that the agency charged with tending our nuclear... Read More

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Weekly Wastebasket

Our weekly reality-check for federal spending. View All

February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More