From Citizens Against Government Waste
For Immediate Release November 15, 2007
Contact: Leslie K. Paige 202-467-5334
Alexa Moutevelis 202-467-5318
Washington, D.C. - Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) November 2007 Porker of the Month for airdropping a $3 million earmark for the First Tee golf program into the fiscal 2008 Department of Defense […]

From CAGW
For Immediate Release October 31, 2007
Contact:
Leslie K. Paige 202-467-5334
Alexa Moutevelis 202-467-5318
By John E. Frydenlund
Director, Center for International Food and Agriculture Policy
Congress will be sending the wrong message to American taxpayers and the rest of the world if the Senate agrees to the House-passed Farm Bill, H.R. 2419. That bill offers “more of the […]

For Immediate Release October 19, 2007
Contact: Leslie K. Paige 202-467-5334
Alexa Moutevelis 202-467-5318
Washington, D.C. - The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today celebrated Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-Okla.) successful removal of a $1 million wasteful earmark in H.R. 3043, the fiscal 2008 Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
Sen. Coburn’s amendment eliminated $1 […]

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
By: Tom Schatz
Letter to Senate
Dear Senator,
This week you are considering H.R. 3043, the fiscal 2008 Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) will offer S. Amdt. 3320 that will eliminate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Entertainment Education program. This program acts as […]

For Immediate Release October 18, 2007
Contact: Leslie K. Paige 202-467-5334
Alexa Moutevelis 202-467-5318
Washington, D.C. - Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) Porker of the Month for October 2007 for an $11 million Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) earmark for his alma mater.

Sen. Shelby’s project was the largest of […]