…Reforms ( http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=7xYXgjM0l1vWmkx0GxhylQ ) Loopholes and exemptions in the rules governing companies that mine coal on public lands cheat taxpayers out of millions of dollars in revenue each year, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) told…
…i=G2Zdxa2zUND4-5ZrwubJJQ ) With billions in U.S. tax dollars still left to be spent on reconstruction in Afghanistan, it's critical that the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction continue his oversight role. Read more ( http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site…
…getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=_dBz4Hzc2zKsUgg0gfhSLA Billions of Dollars in Federal Spending Not Reported USAspending.gov is supposed to be a central website that allows the public to track all kinds of federal spending, but a Government Accountability Office…
…i=rhVmjLZSUY78_aDU7TdYpA ) Nuclear contractor Sandia Corporation illegally used federal funds for lobbying, but will still likely be able to rebid for the billion dollar contract. Read more ( http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=62ZiTKwDMYBOSjTBN1inTg ) -- ( http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R…
…Happen* In February 2008, the Air Force bypassed Seattle-based Boeing and awarded a multi-billion dollar contract to the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) to provide the next generation of in-flight refueling tankers. The decision came…
…reform the healthcare system have triggered a new tussle, with opponents of abortion claiming that the proposals would change the long-standing policy against using federal tax dollars to terminate pregnancies. But the provision that antiabortion groups find so objectionable…
…and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. In almost all cases, the benefits of the rules, when converted to dollars and cents, outweighed their costs. http://community.foreffectivegov.org/site/R?i=q2vXXXE7_GrQSkelSB1kmw Combined these ten rules: * Save 10,000…
…who fervently believe that abortion is the taking of human life, so I am sensitive to concerns that their tax dollars not be used to pay for the procedure. Actually, let's remember: Tax dollars already are used to pay…
…Director Danielle Brian. Read more ( http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=deMyHuD62qFl9E8kVufCog ) --- Millions of Dollars Wasted in Afghan Extractives Program ( http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=oB3mFV37BQMrhFFmxyC9KA ) The same Pentagon office responsible for a $43 million gas station and spending…
…begin to put our nation's fiscal house in order. And it follows directly from this administration's dedication to stretching federal dollars and reining in the long-term deficit. Now, if you listen to some talk radio hosts or…
…period. You are not serious about addressing the federal budget deficit when you repeatedly vote to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars for the war in Afghanistan. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan alone account for 23 percent of the…
…explains : "The administration, along with all other governments in the hemisphere, branded the action a 'coup.' It also cut off millions of dollars in aid and suspended the U.S. visas of Honduran officials. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton…
…are not the American way. "John McCain doesn't talk about it; he just does it." "He's not an economist" but he knows how to "protect our dollars." As President, "don't need a pretty speech; I need a…
…nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/l/london_interbank_offered_rate_libor/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>, which underpins the cost of trillions of dollars in credit cards and other loans. The Justice Department voided that nonprosecution agreement, prompting UBS
…Mr. Daley suggested. “She has to figure out where she is going forward,” Mr. Daley said. At stake is not merely tens of millions of dollars in campaign money, but the shape of debates about social mobility, taxation and regulation…
…worried about “chaos in the market” if other states follow suit. “That will cost the industry a substantial amount of money, hundreds of millions of dollars, if not more, and it will ultimately end up costing the consumer,” he said…
…financial benchmark, the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor, which underpins the cost of trillions of dollars in credit cards and other loans. The Justice Department voided that nonprosecution agreement, prompting UBS to plead guilty to Libor manipulation, a rare…
…world. Many of his deregulation efforts were backed by the Clinton administration. Other members of Congress — who collectively received hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions from financial industry donors over the last decade — also played roles. Many lawmakers…
…hang on to control of the Senate. And this year, that means raising hundreds of millions of dollars from billionaires. Reid's sophisticated team of former aides, like former chief of staff Susan McCue, has raised so much outside money…
…Senate absolutely has to follow suit and get this bill to the president - now." VoteVets.org has run millions of dollars in ads supporting the American Clean Energy and Security Act and has more planned as the debate goes on…
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