Budget
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
Are Republicans Serious About a Balanced Budget Amendment?
In 2018, Republicans have done little to separate themselves from Democrats when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars. On February 9, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018
New House Bill to Permanently Ban Earmarks
The Earmark Elimination Act—H.R. 5369—would prohibit the House from considering any legislation containing earmarks, and it would strip any earmarks found in a bill being considered by the House before it could proceed.
Federal IT Procurement Gone Awry
The concept that federal information technology (IT) procurement should be technology and vendor neutral is among the best practices for federal government agencies. However, when a large federal agency issues an exceptionally large cloud contract...
Citizens Against Government Waste Condemns Gargantuan Omnibus Spending Bill
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) President Tom Schatz issued the following statement after Congress passed and President Trump signed into law the gigantic, deficit-busting 2,232-page fiscal year 2018 omnibus...
Citizens Against Government Waste Slams Rep. Frelinghuysen’s Claim of No Waste in the Omnibus Bill
House Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen laughably claimed that “not a dollar was wasted” in the omnibus.
Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Releases 2017 Congressional Ratings
(Washington, D.C.) – The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today released its 2017 Congressional Ratings, highlighting the voting records of all 535 voting members of Congress during the first session of the 115th Congress. The...
CAGW Statement on the Retirement of Pork-Pushing Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Fla.)
(Washington, D.C.) – Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) President Tom Schatz issued the following statement in response to earmark proponent Rep. Tom Rooney’s (R-Fla.) announcement that he will not seek reelection.
