Posted on February 29th, 2008 by Leslie Paige
According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the entire Alaska delegation will now be posting their earmark requests online. Murkowski, Young join Stevens in posting earmarks Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Don Young said Thursday they would join Sen. Ted Stevens in posting appropriation requests on their official Web sites. “I am joining Sen. Stevens and [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Leslie Paige
Last night, CAGW mascot Porky attempted to deliver Rep. Murtha his award for 2007 Porker of the Year at Murtha’s defense lobbyist gala at the Ritz-Carlton. Surprisingly, Porky was escorted out of the building before he could present the award. We had hoped to post footage of the events today, but due to multiple techinical [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Leslie Paige
Mention of the Murtha defense lobbyist dinner protest last night as well as Murtha’s Porker of the Year award on FOX News’ Brit Hume Political Grapevine. Watch here (about 45 sec. in). Playing Defense Three taxpayer advocacy groups plan to protest outside Congressman John Murtha’s annual fundraising event tonight for defense industry lobbyists who have benefited [...]
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Posted on February 27th, 2008 by Leslie Paige
2007 Porker of the Year Rep. John Murtha is holding at major campaign fundraiser tonight at the Ritz-Carlton at Pentagon City (Arlington, VA). Roll Call originally wrote about this story Feb. 11, saying: Those hoping to get an earmark from the defense-spending poobah will note that’s about two weeks before appropriators hand in their own [...]
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Posted on February 27th, 2008 by Leslie Paige
From the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Ted Stevens to reveal requests for earmarks Stevens plans to post all of the earmark requests he’s received from state and municipal governments and private organizations for fiscal year 2009, Saunders said. The deadline for submitting earmark requests was Feb. 15. CAGW responds in a press release to this news [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2008 by Leslie Paige
February 2008 Europe Assaults U.S. Businesses By Tom Schatz, President, Citizens Against Government Waste and Matthew Elliott, Chief Executive, British TaxPayers’ Alliance Unfortunately for taxpayers and investors, European regulators are abusing their power in a manner that will adversely impact the ability of the world to avoid the worst results of the current slowdown. Murtha [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2008 by Leslie Paige
Tom Schatz discussed 2007 Porker of the Year John Murtha this morning on CNBC’s Pork Watch. See Tom every Tuesday morning at 6:50am eastern – check your local listings. Contrary to the statement from Rep. Murtha’s office, the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee which he chairs, did not reduce earmarks by 50% from 2007. 2008 Defense total is [...]
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Posted on February 25th, 2008 by Martin Rundle
The state of the States is not healthy. After several years of prosperity, state governments are again facing budget shortfalls. The Associated Press reports that state budget deficits could reach as much as a combined $14 billion this year and $34 billion in 2009.
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Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by Leslie Paige
Watch last night’s edition of the Political Grapevine on FOX News’ Special Report with Brit Hume Other People’s Money The nonpartisan group Citizens Against Government Waste has named Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman John Murtha its “Porker of the Year” for 1987. Murtha received 63 percent of the vote in the group’s online poll. Murtha was cited [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by Martin Rundle
Meet Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ), Congress’s latest poster child for Lord Acton’s maxim that “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Justice Department officials unsealed a 26-page federal indictment today accusing Rep. Renzi and a business partner of embezzlement and using his position as a member of the House Natural Resources Committee to broker land deals [...]
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