I read the Chicago Tribune pretty thoroughly. This week after the Fox News expose on community organizing group ACORN Friday, a week ago, I was watching for stories. The TEA Party folks had ACORN’s number. You can see that from … 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
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
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
There are pages and pages of Illinois congressional earmarks in this year’s Transportation and Housing and Urban Development budgets. These were found because Taxpayers for Common Sense scanned the pork pages and posted them on its web site. Unfortunately, it … Continue reading
You will remember that the day before Rod Blagojevich was arrested by the FBI, he let loose with this quote: “I don’t believe there’s any cloud that hangs over me. I think there’s nothing but sunshine hanging over me.” This … Continue reading
You will remember that the day before Rod Blagojevich was arrested by the FBI, he let loose with this quote: “I don’t believe there’s any cloud that hangs over me. I think there’s nothing but sunshine hanging over me.” This … Continue reading
You know your congressman or state legislator has made the big time when he ends up on Chicago television. Last night 16th district Congressman Don Manzullo was the point man for opponents to the financial bailout on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight. … Continue reading
You know your congressman or state legislator has made the big time when he ends up on Chicago television. Last night 16th district Congressman Don Manzullo was the point man for opponents to the financial bailout on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight. … Continue reading
When our family visited the United States Capitol last year, besides hearing a farewell talk to pages by Illinois Congressmen Danny Davis and John Shimkus, we were taken to the area where states put statues of famous people. I started … Continue reading
When our family visited the United States Capitol last year, besides hearing a farewell talk to pages by Illinois Congressmen Danny Davis and John Shimkus, we were taken to the area where states put statues of famous people. I started … Continue reading
