HHS Secretary Crosses the Line
By her own admission, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius committed a clear violation of the Hatch Act when she traveled to… Read More
Morning Bell: Taxpayers’ Auto Bailout Losses Mounting
Taxpayers will lose even more on the auto bailout than previously thought, as the Treasury has just revised its estimate upward to $25 billion. This… Read More
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Morning Bell: Solyndra Revelations Show It’s Time to Close the “Bank of Washington”
“The Bank of Washington continues to help us!” bragged Solyndra CEO Chris Gronet in emails released last week. An investigation by the House Energy and… Read More
Outside the Beltway: Luaus in Illinois? Sure, When Pork Is What’s for Dinner!
$1,100 for Hawaiian party props and luaus? $78,066 to promote quail? $6,500 for a 4,000-gallon live bass fish tank? $10,000 for a Batman party? $353,165 to fund car racing?
Congratulations, Illinoisans, you’re funding all this and more with your hard-earned taxpayer dollars, courtesy of your state government in Springfield.
