Solar Wall Symbolizes Failed Energy Policies
by: Seth Weinstein

Congress and President Bush may revive a plan to build a giant solar panel system on the headquarters of the Department of Energy (DoE). Intended to symbolize the government's commitment to clean energy, the so-called "sun wall" instead shines a light on the government's commitment to wasting tax dollars.

"Emergency" War Spending Bill Packed with Pork
by: Maital Dahan

After five years in Afghanistan and four years in Iraq, tens of billions of dollars for the War on Terror are still provided outside the normal budgetary process, through a giant loophole known as emergency spending. The House version of the fiscal 2007 supplemental, the "U.S. Readiness, Veterans' Health and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007," H.R. 1591, is a blatant betrayal of the Democrats' campaign promise to restore fiscal responsibility to Congress.