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Press ReleaseCAGW Declares Victory on Alternate Engine
Pulling the plug on the F136 alternate engine project will save taxpayers $3 billion.
Press ReleaseCAGW’s Spending Cut Alert: National Drug Intelligence Center
CAGW’s Spending Cut Alert: National Drug Intelligence Center
Press ReleaseCAGW Issues Spending Cut Alert: Unload Excess Federal Property
CAGW Issues Spending Cut Alert: Unload Excess Federal Property
Press ReleaseCAGW Spending Cut Alert: USDA Economic Action Program
CAGW Spending Cut Alert: USDA Economic Action Program
The WasteWatcherFour Myths about the Export-Import Bank
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is an independent government agency founded in 1934 in an effort to encourage U.S. exports. In 2010, Ex-Im Bank provided $24.4 billion in taxpayer-backed direct loans, guarantees, and export-...
The WasteWatcherBlackmail to Avoid Blackouts is Not Sound Policy
Imagine that you’re settling in to watch your favorite must-see-TV when your station de jour abruptly goes black. You suddenly can’t watch the big game, or the American Idol finale or (fill in your “can’t-live-without-it” show here). How could this...
The WasteWatcherVictory!
On February 16, 2011 taxpayers and the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) scored a major victory when the House of Representatives voted 233-198 to kill funding for the alternate engine for the Joint Strike Fighter as part of H.R...
The WasteWatcherFuture of Earmarks Remains Vague
Predicting the future of earmarks can be a bit like peering into a crystal ball.
The WasteWatcherWeatherization--More Money, Blowin' in the Wind
February 17, 2011 marked the two-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the so-called stimulus package. Needless to say, the contrived celebratory fanfare that characterized the one-year anniversary last year has now...
Press ReleaseCAGW's Spending Cut Alert: Medium Extended Air Defense System
CAGW's Spending Cut Alert: Medium Extended Air Defense System
Press ReleaseCAGW Calls to Eliminate DOI’s “Save America’s Treasures”
CAGW Calls to Eliminate DOI’s “Save America’s Treasures”
Press ReleaseCCAGW Applauds House Vote to Nix JSF Alternate Engine
233 House members voted to eliminate any further funding for an alternate engine for the Air Force’s Joint Strike Fighter.
