Oversight Action
November 3, 2006
Chairman Tom Coburn sent a letter to the Secretary General Elect of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, urging him to take on the low-hanging fruit of the U.N. reform "tree" that is desperately... Read More
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Your Tax Dollars at Work
November 2, 2006
Now that Congress has doubled funding for the National Institutes of Medicine and constructed a billion dollar “Taj Mahal campus” featuring Japanese gardens and a flashy new visitors cente... Read More
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Oversight Action
October 19, 2006
An estimated $1.1 TRILLION expended on programs the FFM Subcommittee has found to be wasteful, frivolous, or of questionable – or immeasurable – value.
Earmarks:
• $64 bill... Read More
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News
October 18, 2006
Universities continue to respond to Dr. Coburn on recent oversight of university R&D; earmarks. After giving schools an extra week to respond to his original September 1 deadline, Dr. Coburn will conti... Read More
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Your Tax Dollars at Work
October 17, 2006
The Baltimore Sun reports that “[p]ortions of a $250 million federal laboratory under construction in Southeast Baltimore cannot be used as intended because excessive vibration in the building w... Read More
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Your Tax Dollars at Work
October 11, 2006
The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports on FEMA tax money at work and uncovers Hurricane Bingo, puppet shows, "salsa for seniors" and yoga on the beach.
At the Pinitos Learning Center in... Read More
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News - The Washington DC Examiner
October 5, 2006
Just when it seems members of Congress are finally starting to get the message that people want the earmarks spending party behind closed doors to stop, The Examiner confirms that during the rush to g... Read More
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News - Federal Times
October 3, 2006
As budgets tighten, some senior executives say their career success depends increasingly on their ability to find ever-scarcer resources to carry out their programs and missions.
And according to ... Read More
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Your Tax Dollars at Work
October 2, 2006
From Their Own Mouths . . .
In an online poll this week by Federal Times, 66% of federal employees said they believed that federal agencies are wasting money sponsoring or sending employees to con... Read More
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Senator Tom Coburn's activity on the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2254 Fax: 202-228-3796