WASHINGTON, June 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today pushed the House of Representatives to pass line-item veto legislation. The House is scheduled to vote today on the Legislative Line-Item Veto Act of 2006 (H.R. 4890), introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), which would allow the President to propose the elimination of individual spending items and special tax breaks in legislation. Congress would then have 14 legislative days to hold an up-or- down vote on the President's requested rescissions. Members of Congress often look out for their own interests at the expense of the national interest. With a line-item veto, the President can eliminate the worst excesses of Congress and help reduce overall spending," CCAGW President Tom Schatz ...
WASHINGTON, July 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today released its 2005 Congressional Ratings. For 17 years, CCAGW has examined roll- call votes to separate the taxpayer advocates in Congress from those who favor wasteful programs and pork-barrel spending. The 2005 Congressional Ratings cover the voting year 2005, or the first session of the 109th Congress. CCAGW rated 34 key votes in the House and 24 key votes in the Senate. Votes included a budget reconciliation bill that will save a $39.7 billion over five years in mandatory programs, a tax reconciliation bill that would protect the tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003, reforms in class action lawsuits, the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), and affirming the Base Realignment...
WASHINGTON, May 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On behalf of its more than one million members and supporters, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today endorsed the Jobs Protection and Estate Tax Reform Act of 2005, introduced by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R- Ala.). This bill will finally and permanently rid us of the death tax and not a moment too soon," CCAGW Vice President for Government Affairs Elizabeth Wright said.
WASHINGTON, July 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today endorsed the Government Reorganization and Program Performance Improvement Act of 2005, which would create Sunset and Results Commissions to identify and eliminate ineffective federal programs. The Bush administration transmitted the legislation to Congress yesterday. The Sunset Commission would review the effectiveness of each federal program according to a schedule established by Congress. Programs and agencies would automatically terminate unless Congress took specific action to continue them. The Results Commission would work to uncover duplication of services in government programs. Federal programs that do not demonstrate measurable results are rarely scrutinized. Funding th...
WASHINGTON, July 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On behalf of its more than one million members and supporters, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today urged the Senate to permanently repeal the estate tax. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has signaled his intentions to push a vote on the issue before the end of the week. The House of Representatives has already passed the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005 (H.R. 8). After working for months, a group of senators has failed to agree on a compromise bill that keeps the estate tax in place at a lower rate. The Senate must seize this opportunity to permanently rid the American people of the death tax," CCAGW President Tom Schatz said. "A compromise that could leave the death tax in place to be jacked up by...
Washington -- Standing beside a tall pig-like creature in a fluffy pink body suit, six Republican members of Congress, including Paul Ryan of Janesville, renewed the case against congressional earmarks last week. They joined the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste -- the lobbying arm of Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), a nonprofit advocacy organization -- at a National Press Club news conference.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today encouraged the Senate to pass several amendments to the fiscal 2007 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 5631) being offered by Sen. Tom Coburn (R- Okla.). The amendments are:
No 'Superheroes' The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste announced yesterday that for the first time since 1994, it could find no "Taxpayer Superheroes" in Congress.
WASHINGTON, July 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW), along with more than 100 other business, veteran and community leaders, called upon Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) to bring to a vote the Fairness in Asbestos Resolution Act (FAIR Act). Asbestos litigation reform is long overdue," CCAGW President Tom Schatz said. "Millions of dollars are annually wasted on fraudulent suits, causing job loss and burdening taxpayers.
Whenever politicians are faced with a budget shortfall, they turn to tax increases as the easiest solution," CCAGW President Tom Schatz said. "But taking more money out of the pockets of Arkansans will not solve the state's education needs. The root problems must first be identified and recommendations mapped out before more money is invested. Otherwise, hard-earned tax dollars will simply go to waste. One doesn't have to look any further than the U.S. Department of Education for a perfect example of how more spending is the wrong solution. From 1996-2003, federal education spending increased by 132 percent, compared with 96 percent for the Department of Health and Human Services, and 48 percent for defense over the same period. However, since 1996, 12th grade science scores have...
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