As political campaigns in Texas shift into high gear after a court ruling finally set the date of the Texas primaries More…, candidates will continue to raise millions of dollars in campaign cash to add to the millions that have already been raised. However, much of the campaign cash is
As part of the $32 billion GOP House majority budget plan released late last week, programs such as job training, the Environmental Protection Agency and public broadcasting face the chopping block, as reported by our sister publication the Colorado Independent. While public interest groups and newspaper editorials More… around the
In an astonishing development, the Democratic caucus in the U.S. House voted this afternoon to reject the compromise deal negotiated between President Obama and the Republican leadership to extend both federal unemployment benefits and the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
The House Democratic Caucus voted to oppose President More…
UPDATE: The original version of this article incorrectly listed earmarks from Fiscal Year 2010 as requests in Fiscal Year 2011. TAI drew those numbers from the Taxpayers for Common Sense which listed the earmarks from the wrong year. The earmark totals in the updated version have been drawn from Paul’s More…
