Tag search result for: Citizens Against Government Waste

The process, not the end result

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:13:31 -0400

David Williams worries about even the mundane earmarks.

As noted previously, many of the earmark requests from North Carolina's Congressional delegation favor such workaday projects as fixing bridges, dredging harbors, and testing local water systems.

Watchdog: Earmarks easier to track

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:12:58 -0400

An earmarks watchdog said the process has gotten better.

David Williams, vice president of policy at Citizens Against Government Waste, said that Congress has become more transparent about requests for federal spending.

Last year, appropriations bills included the names of members of Congress who had requested the specific earmarks for the first time. This year, members posted their requests for earmarks on their official Web sites.

Pig Book finds $228m from N.C.

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:11:30 -0400

A watchdog group found $228 million in earmarks from last year.

Citizens Against Government Waste highlighted 173 earmarks from North Carolina's representatives and senators in its annual "Pig Book" of Congressional appropriations today.

Price leads 'Pig Book' ranking

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:44:27 -0400

U.S. Rep. David Price ranks No. 18 in the House of Representatives in bringing home the bacon, according to the annual "Pig Book" released today by watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste.

Price is responsible for 71 projects totalling $91.4 million, according to the 2008 Congressional Pig Book.