Budget
Lost in Space: New Branch Makes Little Sense
Citizens Against Government Waste has previously covered the idea of creating a sixth military branch.
Citizens Against Government Waste Releases $3.1 Trillion in Waste-Cutting Recommendations
(Washington, D.C.) – Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released Prime Cuts 2018, the latest edition of the group’s comprehensive waste-cutting recommendations that would eliminate unnecessary and ineffective federal programs and...
CAGW Releases 2018 Congressional Pig Book
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released its 2018 Congressional Pig Book, the 26th edition of the group’s exposé on pork-barrel spending.
Media Alert: 2018 Congressional Pig Book to Be Released This Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) will release the 2018 Congressional Pig Book at a press conference this Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 10 a.m. EDT.
Media Alert: 2018 Congressional Pig Book to Be Released July 18, 2018
The little pink book that makes Washington, D.C. squirm is back and bigger than it has been in many years. Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) will release the 2018 Congressional Pig Book at a press conference one week from today on Wednesday...
Citizens Against Government Waste Applauds Generational White House Reorganization Plan
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) hailed the White House’s plan to reform and reorganize the federal government for the 21st century.
Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Slams Senate for Rejecting Rescissions Package
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) President Tom Schatz released the following statement condemning the U.S. Senate for failing to pass President Trump’s commonsense rescissions package.
Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Applauds White House Rescission Package
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) President Tom Schatz released the following statement of support for President Trump’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2018 rescissions package.
Citizens Against Government Waste Submits Rescission Recommendations to President Trump
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) President Tom Schatz sent a letter to President Donald Trump today with a list of proposals for the White House to include in its rescissions package to Congress.
Citizens Against Government Waste Highlights GAO Duplication Report
(Washington, D.C.) – Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) highlighted the release of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) eighth annual report on, “Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve...
Rescission and the Trump Administration
Rescission is an abstruse presidential tool passed amid the Nixon administration under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
CBO Projects Strong Economic Growth in 2018 and 2019; Trillion Dollar Deficits By 2020
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its annual Budget and Economic Outlook for 2018 to 2028. In order to include several important pieces of budget and spending legislation that pa
