(Washington, D.C.) – Save the date!  The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) will unveil its new Earmark Reform Pledge on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in 210 Cannon House Office Building. 

CCAGW’s Earmark Reform Pledge moves the congressional earmark reform campaign to the next level.  Signatories to the 10-point pledge will commit to a new echelon of transparency and accountability that surpasses the earmark rules contained in S. 1, “the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007,” signed into law on September 14, 2007.  CCAGW will be offering the pledge to current members of the House and Senate, candidates, and incoming members of Congress who are concerned with the epidemic of congressional earmarking and pork-barrel spending. 

Who:  The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste

What:  CCAGW Earmark Reform Pledge

When:  Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:  210 Cannon House Office Building

Confirmed speakers include:

Rep. John Campbell (R- Calif.)

Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas)

Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.)

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.)

Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.)

Also scheduled to join CCAGW President Tom Schatz and members of Congress are representatives of the American Conservative Union, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Club for Growth, Heritage Foundation, National Taxpayers Union, Sunlight Foundation, and Taxpayers for Common Sense.

The Earmark Reform Pledge will also be available online at www.ccagw.org.  For answers to further questions or to schedule an interview, please contact Leslie Paige (202-467-5334, lpaige@cagw.org) or Alexa Moutevelis (202-467-5318, amoutevelis@cagw.org).

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste is the lobbying and grassroots arm of Citizens Against Government waste (CAGW), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.