Guest Blogger: LSU Law Professor John Baker on Congress’ Reading Problem
Just the other day, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) objected to Senator Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) move to force the reading of Bernie Sander’s (I–VT) 767-page amendment (thankfully defeated) to create a...
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One Billion of Your Tax Dollars Sent to Dead People
Sen.Tom Coburn (R-OK) put out a report today documenting one billion in your tax dollars given to dead people. Zombies only exist on Halloween, yet dead people received checks from the federal...
View ArticleFederal Job Training Programs Plagued by Fraud, Waste and Mismanagement
In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, numerous unemployed but hard-working Americans have turned to federal job training programs. These programs, held up as a beacon...
View ArticleDuplication in Government Programs Costs Taxpayers at Least $100 Billion
House Republicans could fulfill their Pledge to America promise of cutting $100 billion simply by eliminating duplicative government programs. That’s the startling news from a new Government...
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Two Cheers for the Coburn–Lieberman Medicare Proposal
Senators Tom Coburn (R–OK) and Joseph Lieberman (I–CT) unveiled a major Medicare proposal. Based on preliminary estimates provided by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the proposal would reduce...
View ArticleSenate Conservatives Warn Reid Against PROTECT IP Blitz
Six conservative U.S. senators voiced concerns Friday over the substance and procedural context of controversial legislation to block Internet piracy, noting potential economic damages and free speech...
View ArticleVIDEO: Doctor-Turned-Lawmaker Sen. John Barrasso Fights Obamacare
Sen. John Barrasso earned the nickname “Wyoming’s Doctor” after working for 24 years as an orthopedic surgeon in Casper. Today he represents the state in the U.S. Senate and is one of the leading...
View ArticleVIDEO: Sen. Tom Coburn Discusses ‘The Debt Bomb’ at Bloggers Briefing
Having spent nearly 30 years as a doctor in Oklahoma, Sen. Tom Coburn thinks like a physician even when he’s working in the nation’s capital. He identifies symptoms that manifest from a disease. And...
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Congress Still Using Commemorative Coins to Get Around Earmark Ban
House and Senate Republicans have introduced legislation that would prevent Congress from using commemorative coins to fund pet projects as a creative workaround to the earmark ban. In April, The...
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Top 10 Examples of Wasteful Federal Spending in 2012
Exotic dancers, robotic squirrels, and a reality TV show in India—your tax dollars supported all of these this year. Two reports just released—“Federal Spending by the Numbers 2012” by The Heritage...
View ArticleThe Bureaucratic Attack on International Broadcasting
The recent layoff of Voice of America (VOA) employees in Russia comes at a time when U.S. international broadcasting is also losing ground to bureaucratic overkill. Despite a continually expanding...
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Pentagon More Active in ‘Green’ Energy than the Energy Department
According to a new report on financial waste in the Department of Defense, the Pentagon initiated more renewable energy projects in 2010 – the year measured – than any other federal agency, including...
View ArticleSurprise, Surprise: Report Finds Homeland Security Wasting Money
In his oversight report, “Safety at Any Price: Assessing the Impact of Homeland Security Spending in U.S. Cities,” Senator Tom Coburn (R–OK) highlights several examples of cities using homeland...
View ArticleGAO Cites Waste in U.S. Food Aid Programs—But Does Not Call for Budget Cuts
Senator Tom Coburn (R–OK) and others in Congress have repeatedly expressed concerns about “fragmentation, overlap, and duplication” in non-emergency food aid programs administered by the United States...
View ArticleCutting Federal Waste: Not a Silver Bullet, but Still Important
President Obama’s State of the Union Address tomorrow evening provides him with a chance to explain how he would put the country on a path to a balanced budget. He should talk about entitlement program...
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Small Business Administration: No Room for Sequestration Cuts?
Smith/MCT/Newscom The White House warns that sequestration “would reduce loan guarantees to small businesses by up to $902 million”—loans that it claims are “investments that are helping grow our...
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Sequest-Air: Senate Bill Beats FAA Clumsy Sequestration Strategy
Newscom As “Sequest-air”—the political fight over the flight delays caused by the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) decision to furlough air traffic controllers—gained momentum yesterday, the...
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This Week’s Reasons to Repeal Obamacare
Newscom It has been over three years since Obamacare became law. This week, the House voted again to completely repeal it. There are plenty of reasons to repeal Obamacare, especially before its most...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Time to Shrink the Monster
Does the debt ceiling affect YOU? It does—in many ways. A new video by Bankrupting America uses humor to call attention to an issue that is anything but funny, and why it matters for every American...
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Disability and Unemployment: Putting an End to Double-Dipping
Courtney Keating/iStock The number of people on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) reached a record high this year. But a large number of people are double-dipping from both the disability...
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