Posted on February 18th, 2011 by Sean Kennedy
With a single vote this past week, the formula for killing the alternate engine changed. On February 16, 2011 the House of Representatives voted 233-198 to eliminate funding for the F136 Alternate Engine for F-35 the Joint Strike Fighter. The bipartisan amendment to the Full-Year Continuing Resolution (CR) was offered by Reps. Tom Rooney (R-Fla.) [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2011 by Erica Gordon
Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), waste cutter extraordinaire, attempted yesterday to repeal a $200 million government subsidy for the Essential Air Service. The Essential Air Service was created in 1978 to subsidize airline carriers that provide service to small communities. Originally funded at $7 million, the program has since grown to cost taxpayers $200 million, subsidizing [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2011 by Tom Schatz
Thanks to our friends at the Club for Growth for their “Awesome Photo of the Day,” which is a picture of the poster that hangs on the wall of freshman House Republican Dr. Dan Benishek of Michigan. It says “If you are here to ask for more money, you’re in the wrong office!” All of us at Citizens Against [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2011 by CAGW Staff
The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste applauds Chairman John Kline (R-MN) of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) of the Subcommittee on Higher Education, and Representatives Alcee Hastings (D-FL) and Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) for introducing an amendment that will defund the Department of Education’s proposed Gainful Employment rule. We [...]
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