Just five days ago, I was excited to report that fewer than 100 members of Congress and Senators remained on our “wanted” list, and that 30,000 earmarks were in the database.
Well, today we’ve crossed below 50 wanted representatives, and there are more than 35,000 earmarks in the database. This is a tribute to the [...]
We’ve done it! WashingtonWatch.com users have brought permanent change to earmarking practices in Washington, D.C.!
Federal Computer Week reports that beginning next year the White House’s Office of Management and Budget will begin collecting and reporting earmark requests, as we have been doing on this site.
With our example, we’ve shown that earmark requests should be on [...]
The text of the bailout legislation is below. This comes from a version posted by the L.A. Times that says “discussion draft,” but it has the same file name as the bill posted on the House Speaker’s Web site, so I believe this is the bill that will be considered in the House tomorrow. [Update: [...]