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CAGW's Blog
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BE-ANGRY
November, 2007
A Monthly Dispatch from Citizens Against Government Waste
Reform Earmark Reform
by: Leslie K. Paige
Just before Congress recessed for its two-week Thanksgiving break, members passed three appropriations bills: Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor/HHS), and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD). President Bush signed the Defense bill, vetoed Labor/HHS, and stated that he will also veto THUD, citing excessive spending as the main reason.
Mini-SCHIP Sinks
by: Elizabeth Wright
While Congress debated the merits of expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to middle-class families, increasing the cost of the program to $60 billion over five years, and attempted to fund it with a 61-cent increase in tobacco taxes, a similar battle occurred in the state of Oregon with surprising results.
California State Government Pigs Out
by: Alexa Moutevelis
The 2007 California Piglet Book marks the fifth consecutive year of publication for the joint expos?? of the waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement by California government officials by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation (HJTF) and Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW).
CAGW Unveils New Blog
by: Leslie K. Paige
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has launched its new blog, http://www.swineline.org/.
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