Download or read book The Cost of Congress written by Karen Kunz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-06-17 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congressional ratings have fallen to single digits; citizens believe that Congress fails to do the things its members are publicly paid to do. What does Congress do for our dollars, and how has that changed in the last 50 years? What was the cost to taxpayers for Bill Clinton's impeachment hearings? What about the Benghazi investigation and efforts to obtain the votes required to repeal Obamacare while failing to consider Zika virus funding bills? What is the true cost of earmarks? Why do Congress members continue to get paid during government shutdowns? Congress's increasing use of continuing resolutions and agencies' almost semi-annual preparations for government shutdowns come at a significant cost. Combining extensive documentary research with interviews of current and former members and staffers, The Cost of Congress assesses not only how Congress spends tax dollars on its operations but also what Americans receive for those dollars. Kunz and Atsas assign dollar values, using federal data, to congressional practices and policies. They examine the costs of producing legislation, court challenges, and Supreme Court reversals. They also look at the costs of committee and special investigations, committee assignments, staffing and facilities, and such perks as the gym, meals, and franking. Readers-taxpayers from all walks of life-will come away with a comprehensive view of the costs of operating Congress.
Download or read book The Pig Book written by Citizens Against Government Waste and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!
Download or read book COST OF CONGRESS written by KAREN. KUNZ and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Act of Congress written by Robert G. Kaiser and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Washington Post Notable Book An eye-opening account of how Congress today really works—and how it doesn’t— Act of Congress focuses on two of the major players behind the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008: colorful, wisecracking congressman Barney Frank, and careful, insightful senator Christopher Dodd, both of whom met regularly with Robert G. Kaiser during the eighteen months they worked on the bill. In this compelling narrative, Kaiser shows how staffers play a critical role, drafting the legislation and often making the crucial deals. Kaiser’s rare insider access enabled him to illuminate the often-hidden intricacies of legislative enterprise and shows us the workings of Congress in all of its complexity, a clearer picture than any we have had of how Congress works best—or sometimes doesn’t work at all.
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Download or read book Increasing Cost of the Federal Government written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Congressional Control Over the Budget of the United States written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (84) H.R. 4009, (84) H.R. 6558, (84) H.J. Res. 346.
Download or read book Can Congress Control the Power of the Purse written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Budget and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of President s Private Sector Survey on Cost Control written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on Entitlements, Uncontrollables, and Indexing and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Congressional Control Over the Budget of the United States written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (84) H.R. 4009, (84) H.R. 6558, (84) H.J. Res. 346.
Download or read book The Economy and the Federal Budget written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Budget and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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