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Wasteful Pentagon Program Supported By Nearly Half of House Democrats

Posted on May 29 2010 by Congress Watcher

136 Democrats voted to cut funding for the F-35′s superfluous second engine. 115 Democrats voted to keep the funding in place.

War Is Making You Poor

Posted on May 22 2010 by Congress Watcher

The War Is Making You Poor Act would forbid that additional spending, and require the U.S. government to direct 90 percent of that money to pay for the federal tax on the first $35,000 of every American’s income. Even after this astounding reduction in federal income tax, 16 billion dollars in savings would be left over.

Kirkpatrick Inconsistent On Spending

Posted on January 23 2010 by Congress Watcher

If Representative Kirkpatrick is going to be truly effective in working to cut government spending, she will need to do more than just fiddle around on the margins.

Dodd’s Recent Record Places Him Among UnProgressive Democrats

Posted on January 6 2010 by Congress Watcher

Given Chris Dodd’s recent connection to corruption scandals, his retirement won’t be much of a loss for either the Senate Democrats in general, or for progressives in particular.

Feingold Sole Democrat To Vote Against Military Waste

Posted on December 20 2009 by Congress Watcher

The next time the Democratic Party is searching for a presidential candidate, it would do well to remember Russ Feingold, the one U.S. Senator who was willing this year to do more than just talk about fiscal responsibility.

Zach Wamp Wants To Build Government Church In Community With Scores Of Churches

Posted on December 11 2009 by Congress Watcher

With a choice of many on-base chapels, plus nearly 100 churches within a 15-minute drive, there isn’t any need for Wamp’s new luxury government-funded church at Fort Campbell.

Only Seven In Senate Vote Against Military Waste

Posted on October 6 2009 by Congress Watcher

The Democratic Party is now presiding over the short changing of health care reform and climate legislation while expanding the military budget just as the Republicans did under George W. Bush. Will progressives pretend not to notice, or will the finally withdraw their support for the Democratic Party leaders who have strung them along?

Pete Stark Stands Against Military Waste

Posted on September 17 2009 by Congress Watcher

According to the Washington Post, over $6.9 billion in funding is for new ships, planes, helicopters and armored vehicles that the Pentagon doesn’t want.

Listening For Submarine Earmarks

Posted on August 5 2009 by Congress Watcher

The earmark would provide two million dollars to military contractor General Dynamics, which just so happens to be operating the Autonomous Anti-Submarine Warfare Vertical Beam Array Sonar project program out of McLeansville, North Carolina, which is in Representative Coble’s district.

For Peace Against Waste, Just 23 Democrats

Posted on August 2 2009 by Congress Watcher

230 Democrats in the House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill stuffed with pork barrel, expanding the military, and providing for the continuation of wars that will soon have lasted an entire decade.

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