Everyone's opening up their wallets to help (Katrina's victims) -- except members of Congress, who are opening up our wallets.
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The budget process is in shambles, devoid of accountability, transparency, and enforcement measures, ... A vote for the status quo is a clear sign of contentment with the spending explosion in Washington.
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In the past, some members of Congress have short-changed troops, disaster victims, and taxpayers by including self-serving pork projects in emergency spending bills,
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The line-item veto is just one element in earmark reform, and earmark reform is just one element in spending restraint. However, the line-item veto would add an important check to a budget process that is tainted by waste, abuse, and favoritism. Congressional leaders should move quickly on this proposal.
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Eleven years ago we never expected this would be the case. Many people now long for a divided government because that may be what it takes to get more responsibility,
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Government watchdogs claim that the money has created an unseemly rush to stick taxpayers with unnecessary expenses. There have been a number of contracts, including the one for the cruise ships, that seem hard to defend, ... It comes from not planning in advance, then doing these contracts without competitive bidding.
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