Earmarks in the Health & Human Services and Labor Budgets – Part 5

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

The Illinois Congressional Pork Report

Taxpayers for Common Sense have totaled up the congressional earmarks in the budget bill being voted on this week. I was reminded of that when I read an editorial cartoon sent to me by my Joplin, Missouri, brother-in-law. It was … Continue reading

Illinos Corps of Engineers Pork

Barge users get subsidized transportation from the Corps of Engineers on the Mississippi River. Army engineers get to stay on the payroll. Past environmental sins like the creek that flowed past the old Chicago Stockyards called Bubbly Creek has money … Continue reading

Manzullo and Lipinski Push “American First” Purchases for Stimulus

Below is the press release based on a letter that 49 congressmen signed to their House leadership. It urges that American companies be given preference in stimulus package purchases. Manzullo & Lipinski: Spending in Any Stimulus Bill Should Support American … Continue reading

Manzullo and Lipinski Push “American First” Purchases for Stimulus

Below is the press release based on a letter that 49 congressmen signed to their House leadership. It urges that American companies be given preference in stimulus package purchases. Manzullo & Lipinski: Spending in Any Stimulus Bill Should Support American … Continue reading