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| Founded: | 1984 by the late industrialist J. Peter Grace and syndicated columnist Jack Anderson |
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| Company Overview: | Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is a private, non-partisan, non-profit organization representing more than one million members and supporters nationwide. History: CAGW is the legacy of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control, also known as the Grace Commission. In 1982, President Reagan directed the Grace Commission to "work like tireless bloodhounds to root out government inefficiency and waste of tax dollars." For two years, 161 corporate executives and community l... (read more) |
| Mission: | CAGW's mission is to eliminate waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in the federal government. |
| Products: | CAGW produces numerous publications highlighting wasteful government spending. Government WasteWatch is the group's quarterly newspaper, which is distributed to members of CAGW, Congress, and members of the media nationwide. The annual Congressional Pig Book Summary is CAGW's famous exposé of the most glaring and irresponsible pork-barrel projects in the 13 annual appropriations bills and their sponsors. |
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THe Hill newspaper reports on items stuck into what is supposed to be a WAR bill.
Senate panel approves Iraq war funding bill
A number of Republicans have joined Democrats in pushing ...
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3:29pmTHe Hill newspaper reports on items stuck into what is supposed to be a WAR bill.
Senate panel approves Iraq war funding bill
A number of Republicans have joined Democrats in pushing ...
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11:31amThe Hill newspaper reports that the infamous $23 million NDIC earmark, over which 2007 Porker of the Year winner John Murtha threw a temper tantrum and threatened a colleague last year, was removed from this year’s intelligence bill:
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9:48amWhat a sorry excuse for leadership! On Thursday, May 8, 2008, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), Chairmen of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees respectively, had spent more than an hour revealing their conference agreement on H.R.
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3:01pmIt’s that time of the year again - time to load up the “Emergency” War Supplemental. The hijinx are in full swing with billions of dollars being diverted from a bill that is supposed to go to the troops in the battlefield:
