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Maine's Susan Collins wins 'Whole Hog Award' for bringing home the bacon
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJun. 17—After poring through federal budget documents, a 40-year-old nonprofit called Citizens Against Government Waste tallied up all the targeted spending that Congress allocated for specific ...
Watchdog group, GOP U.S. House members blast ‘reckless’ earmark spending
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 7 days agoWASHINGTON – A group opposed to wasteful government spending and a handful of U.S. House Republicans...
Pending legislation authorizes $1.43 billion for additional Bath Iron Works destroyer
Portland Press Herald· 3 days agoA U.S. Senate committee has authorized $1.43 billion in funding for a new Bath Iron Works destroyer...
Watchdog group, GOP U.S. House members blast ‘reckless’ earmark spending
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWASHINGTON – A group opposed to wasteful government spending and a handful of U.S. House Republicans...
SAUNDERS: This potbelly pig says just say no to pork
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 5 days agoCollins, R-Maine, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is the top earmark spender — followed by Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Angus ...
Senate votes against bringing fertility treatment bill to floor
BenefitsPRO· 5 days agoMembers of the Senate voted 48-47 Thursday to block a motion to let S. 4445, the Right to IVF Act...
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The State· 7 days agoCalifornia bill makes Big Tech pay for news. In less than two weeks, Assembly Bill 886 - the California Journalism Preservation Act - will be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill ...
Commentary | This ‘porkbelly’ pig says just say no to pork
The State· 2 days agoOverspending has been such a part of the fabric of the nation’s capital that the fiscal watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste has gone through a number of pig mascots. Poppy the potbelly ...