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Congress, Debt, General Waste, Government Waste, Improper Payments, Regulations, Taxpayers

DOGE on the Hill: Sniffing Out Waste in Congress

August 8, 2025 staff

On President Trump’s first day in office, he issued an executive order establishing of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).  As of July 26, 2025, DOGE estimated that its actions and recommendations, including the cancellation of contracts and grants, asset sales, and workforce reductions, if fully implemented, would save $199 billion, or $1,236 per taxpayer. […]

Appropriations, Budget, Congress, Debt, General Waste

An Unfathomable Budgetary Monster Is Rising from the Depths of Congress

September 15, 2021 Thomas Schatz

The $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill will bankrupt the country and move the U.S. closer to becoming a socialist nation.

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