Posted on June 2nd, 2009 by Leslie Paige
The Navy announced that the VH-71 Presidential helicopter program has been terminated. CAGW had urged the Pentagon to deliver the choppers and retool the second, more expensive increment of the program to bring it in at a (more) reasonable budget. Under normal circumstances the cancellation of a major Pentagon procurement contract might be cause for celebration among [...]
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Posted on June 2nd, 2009 by Leslie Paige
Today’s Hill reports that Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.) has decided to step away for the day to day chairmanship of his Energy and Water Appropriations subcommittee for the fiscal year 2010 appropriations season in order to focus on the ethics investigation that is tightening around him. According to the Hill, Visclosky made the announcement after it became [...]
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Posted on June 2nd, 2009 by CAGW Staff
On April 14, 2009 Citizens Against Government Waste released its 2009 Congressional Pig Book. One of the highlighted projects was $465 million for an alternate engine for the Joint Strike Fighter. The funding was part of $6.2 billion in Defense pork that was anonymously added to the appropriations bill: $465,000,000for the continued development of the F-136 [...]
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