By Danny Yadron A Bipartisan group of 13 senators who will be leaving Congress next month have their names on about $1.4 billion of the $8.3 billion in earmark funds in the Senate Democratic leadership’s $1.1…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-five senators, most Republicans, who recently voted to ban homestate projects are claiming hundreds of earmarks in an almost $1.3 trillion bill to fund most federal programs and…

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is urging Republicans to block the $1.1 Trillion spending bill that's needed to keep the government running after Saturday because it also contains $8 billion in Earmarks.…

Twenty-five senators, most Republicans, who recently voted to ban homestate projects are claiming hundreds of Earmarks in an almost $1.3 Trillion bill to fund most federal programs and agencies until next year.…

In an article in The Washington Post published today, a spokesperson for Mr. Issa cited "new areas of concern that have been raised by the Wikileaks [disclosures]," and said Mr. Issa thinks S. 372 should be…

Harry Reid gets it: We are in session, if necessary, up to January 5th. That is the clock our Republican colleagues need to run out. It's a long clock. He can only pass things (barring a successful bluff to go…

The Lame Duck session of Congress wends on and on! Today, the bitter battle is enjoined over the omnibus Budget bill, and the chief complainant is Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). See, Cornyn is very upset about all of…

Disgusted, The Wall Street Journal editors write today, “The 111th Congress began with an $814 billion stimulus that blew out the federal Balance Sheet, so we suppose it’s only fitting that the Members…