Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
(June 2) Fully one-fifth of Senators have now joined efforts to show American taxpayers the true priorities of Congress. ...
It’s been quite a whirlwind the last couple days. On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-WI) announced a...
The House Appropriations Committee took a positive step today on the long journey toward earmark reform. Chairman David Obey (D-WI)...
The House Ethics Committee today closed their investigation into ties between campaign donation to seven lawmakers and earmarks to the...
The traditional partisan earmark split was maintained. Of earmarks requested by only Republicans or only Democrats, the old 60/40...
Government watchdogs yesterday sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates urging him to make it unmistakably clear to Congress...
Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) has cross-referenced earmarks sought and obtained by Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee members...
Taxpayers for Common Sense has mapped the connections between earmarks and campaign contributions for the chairman and ranking member of...
Taxpayers for Common Sense analyzed the FY2010 Defense Appropriations spending bill that recently passed the House Appropriations...
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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