Citizens Against Government Waste

That’s an Earmark?!

Posted on October 25, 2011June 24, 2015 by admin

In an desperate attempt to remain relevant in a world without earmarks Citizens Against Government Waste is releasing reports of “earmarks” in appropriations bills for FY 2012. When the Re... Read More

The Paradox of Earmark Reform

Posted on July 22, 2010June 24, 2015 by admin

Earlier this year House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dbavid Obey (D-WI) announced a ban on earmarks for private for-profit companies in House Appropriations bills. Like earlier earmark refo... Read More

Four Myths About Congressional Earmarks

Posted on July 7, 2010June 24, 2015 by admin

Never has a quote so accurately summed up the arguments of earmark critics, and rarely is a quote as demonstrably false as this one from a New York Times article published on July 4, 2010.[1] Critics ... Read More

Sean Q Kelly

Sean Q Kelly

Professor of Political Science, CSU Channel Islands

Tag: Citizens Against Government Waste

That’s an Earmark?!

The Paradox of Earmark Reform

Four Myths About Congressional Earmarks