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What is the involvement of Countrywide Home Loans in Rogers Park?
Rogers Park in 1,000 Words | July 21st 2008 by Bill Morton
Countrywide Whistleblower Robert Feinberg (former V.I.P. Account Executive) was interviewed this morning on CNBC.Countrywide's "Deceptive" Practices: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=795654485"Calfornia's attorney general is looking into new evi read more
Huckabee’s PAC Endorses Alaskan Porker
ARRA News Service | July 3rd 2008 by OzarkGuru
Bill Smith, ARRA Editor: Charles Signorile, Constitutionally Right questioned the endorsement by Mike Huckabee of Alaskan Rep. Don Young.Mike Huckabee has just made a decision which could eventually lead to the end of his new PAC, even before it has read more
Sen. Chris Dodd Porker of the Month
ARRA News Service | June 30th 2008 by OzarkGuru
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CN) its June Porker of the Month for accepting a preferential mortgage deal from a company which stands to benefit from a mortgage bailout bill read more
Call your US Rep. and two US Senators and ask them to disclose th…
All Things Reform | June 23rd 2008 by David Weller
Sunlight Foundation is asking us to volunteer for an earmark investigation project. Work in collaboration with Citizens Against Government Waste and Taxpayers for Common Sense, simply by calling your own US Representative and two US Senators and ask read more
Charity News Roundup
Charity Navigator Blog | June 6th 2008
A digest of news stories from the week ending Friday, June 6.As the presidential race narrowed to two candidates this week, nonprofits showed up in stories from both camps: An Associated Press story, People who might complicate Obama’s campai read more
Sen. Charles Schumer Porker of the Month
ARRA News Service | May 23rd 2008 by OzarkGuru
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) its May 2008 Porker of the Month for attempting to use the tax code to earmark a $2 billion subsidy for a commuter rail between Manhattan and the JFK airport. Sen. Schum read more
Tell your US Rep. and two US Senators NO to political manipulatio…
All Things Reform | April 22nd 2008 by David Weller
Citizens Against Government Waste is returning to a fight in Congress they thought they had already won-- open and competitive bidding in the defense procurement process. Yet, despite a scandal, a massive federal fine, and even criminal penalties fo read more
Hillary Clinton is a Porker
What's All This Then! | April 13th 2008 by Ron DesGroseilliers
For that matter, so is Barack Obama according to the Citizens Against Government Waste’s (CAGW) 2008 “Pig Book.” CAGW ranked Senator Clinton as the top 13th pork spender, far above Senator Obama who landed the 28th spot. (Surprisi read more
Pork, pork, pork, and more pork!
Conversations with Brit and Grit | April 2nd 2008 by the Grit
Hi Brit, Well, I finally managed to restore an old password file on our server and gain access long enough to cut off Rage Boy’s access. In the interim, our hosting service has moved their facility to an undisclosed safe location, although I read more
The 2008 Congressional Pig Book from Citizens Against Government…
All Things Reform | April 2nd 2008 by David Weller
The 2008 Congressional Pig Book Summary is here!This morning Citizens Against Government (CAGW) shared with the American people the names of those in Congress who are responsible for the 11,610 pork-barrel projects costing you $17.2 billion in the fi read more
Can PigFoot present US Rep. Murtha the 2007 Porker of the Year aw…
All Things Reform | March 11th 2008 by David Weller
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has the latest video on the legendary "PigFoot", their mascot. Here, he tries to give their 2007 Porker of the Year award to US Rep. John Murtha (Dem-PA) during his annual dinner with defense contractors, man read more
Tell your US Senators to vote YES for year-long earmark moratoriu…
All Things Reform | March 11th 2008 by David Weller
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is running an internet grassroots campaign to remove earmarks from the federal budgeting process.Right now, Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) are offering an amendment to the 2009 budget reso read more
US Reps. Lois Capps and Devin Nunes named Porkers of the Month
All Things Reform | February 28th 2008 by David Weller
From CAGW's Porker of the Month page:" Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named Reps. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) and Devin Nunes (R-Calif) Porkers of the Month for attempting to impede the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicare read more
U.S. Rep. John Murtha is 2007 Porker of the Year
All Things Reform | February 20th 2008 by David Weller
Well, it's been voted on by you, the citizens at Citizens Against Government Waste-- U.S. Representative John Murtha (Dem.-PA) is the "coveted" (by Murtha) 2007 Porker of the Year!You saw him throw a temper tantrum and threaten fellow appropriations read more
Program that can recover billions of dollars for Medicare/Medicai…
All Things Reform | January 31st 2008 by David Weller
The Citizens Against Government Waste newsletter E-News from CAGW reports on a new way to audit and recover billions of dollars per year for Social Security. Unfortunately, the ways of Washington haven't given it the consideration American taxpayers read more
$55 billion in improper HHS payments in 2007
All Things Reform | January 25th 2008 by David Weller
According to The Swine Line, the blog of Citizens Against Government Waste, work has begun in Washington to calculate the improper payments made by its various federal agencies:The GAO just released its most recent report on estimated improper paymen read more
Vote for 2007 Porker of the Year
All Things Reform | January 21st 2008 by David Weller
Swineline blog from Citizens Against Government Waste has opened an online poll for 2007 "Porker of the Year". Yes, now you can have your say on who was the most egregious earmark spender among the U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators in our hall read more
Tell the U.S. House Republican Steering Committee to place Rep. F…
All Things Reform | January 17th 2008 by David Weller
Citizens Against Government Waste is asking us to help put U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake onto the important House Appropriations Committee. Rep. Flake has been a tireless leader against corruption in Congress, including the unethical earmarks being spent by read more
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