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Congress, Debt, General Waste, Government Waste, Improper Payments, Regulations, Taxpayers, Waste

DOGE on the Hill: Sniffing Out Waste in Congress

08/08/2025 staff

On President Trump’s first day in office, he issued an executive order establishing of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).  As of July 26, 2025, DOGE estimated that its actions and recommendations, including the cancellation of contracts and grants, asset sales, and workforce reductions, if fully implemented, would save $199 billion, or $1,236 per taxpayer. […]

Appropriations, Budget, Congress, Debt, General Waste

An Unfathomable Budgetary Monster Is Rising from the Depths of Congress

09/15/2021 Thomas Schatz

The $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill will bankrupt the country and move the U.S. closer to becoming a socialist nation.

Appropriations, Budget, Congress, Debt, Government Waste, Healthcare, Taxpayers, Waste

CCAGW Urges Support for the Balanced Budget Amendment

04/11/2018 Thomas Schatz

April 11, 2018 U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Representative, You will soon vote on H. J. Res. 2, an amendment to the Constitution requiring that the federal budget be balanced. On behalf of the more than one million members and supporters of the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW), I urge […]

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