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Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, discusses his organizations 2007 Congressional Pig Book Summary that highlights wasteful spending by the Congress during a news conference in Washington on March 7, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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U.S. leaders in the House of Representatives were lauded for passing a measure that helps fund an application for a Nevada nuclear repository.
Private jets ferrying U.S. auto executives to Washington to ask for a federal bailout were a "slap in the face" to taxpayers, a watchdog group's president said.
U.S. government auditors said Wednesday the Air Force used a flawed process in awarding a controversial $35 billion contract for aerial refueling tankers to a European-led consortium, rather than to American aerospace giant Boeing Co.
Three Republican U.S. senators were designated the top "porkers" in Congress by the watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste.
The Washington-based government spending watch dog group Citizens Against Government Waste has announced the release of a new searchable database.
Citizens Against Government Waste, a watchdog group, has criticized the proposed expansion of the U.S. space program as "too risky and costly."
Air Force officials Thursday suspended three Boeing Co. rocket units from federal contracts for violating bidding competition rules.
Citizens Against Government Waste Friday called for an end to leasing of planes by the Pentagon.
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