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Today, House Democratic Leaders announced new earmark reforms to help ensure that taxpayer money is being spent effectively on worthy projects benefitting local communities.
Earmarks are part of Congress’s power of the purse, which all Americans know as essential to the balance of powers between the branches of government.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Appropriations Chairman Dave Obey (D-WI) today announced two additional measures to the committee’s earmarking process.
I applaud the Obama Administration for ending the IRS private debt collection program, which a new study shows provided no government savings, and in fact cost the government more.
Today, Democrats responded to the release of President Obama's budget outline for Fiscal Year 2010.
Today, President Obama released his budget for Fiscal Year 2010, and Congress is ready to debate and examine it in detail.
Today, the House completed its work on the fiscal year 2009 appropriations bills.
President Obama’s address last night to a Joint Session of Congress called for a “new era of responsibility,” and assured the country that even when faced with economic and fiscal crises, America has the resilience to emerge stronger than before.
As the House begins debate on the FY09 Consolidated Appropriations Act this week, Republicans are continuing to try to sweep their history under the rug and convince the American people that they are committed to fiscal responsibility.
Today, the House Appropriations Committee introduced legislation to wrap up work on the fiscal year 2009 appropriations bills.