There was so much in the congressional Labor Department and Health and Human Services budgets this year that I could not download the file. I had to wait for Taxpayers for Common Sense to create a spreadsheet. This the final … Continue reading
Again thanks to Taxpayers for Common Sense, McHenry County Blog can give you an idea what pork in this year’s congressional budget looks like. We continue in alphabetical order. Today we are reaching the middle of the alphabetical. We cover … Continue reading
Taxpayers for Common Sense made it relatively painless to find the projects that Illinois congressmen claimed credit for in this year’s budget. We have looked at Melissa Bean’s, Jerry Costello’s, Danny Davis’ and Dick Durbin’s previously. Today we see ex-Chicago … Continue reading
Here’s the bacon that United States Senator Dick Durbin brought him in this year’s budget from the Health and Human Services and Labor budgets. I found it with the help of Citizens for Common Sense, which, amazingly enough, has an … Continue reading
And the pork barrels keep rolling out of Congress. Today, we look at the money tucked away in the Health and Human Services and Labor Department Budget. The date has not been provided by Congress itself in a format which … Continue reading
In our look at pork found in the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development part of this year’s budget, we have gotten through the letter “D” in the Illinois congressional delegation. The congress critters don’t make it easy. There is … Continue reading
Taxpayers for Common Sense has scanned the earmarks and made them available. The group found $7.7 billion. I have tried to extract those sponsored by Illinois Congressman. Below are the ones I found in the Commerce, Justice and Science budgets. … Continue reading
