Taxpayers for Common Sense
http://www.taxpayer.net/
Dear Friend,
Last night, taxpayers received a lump of coal from Congress. With images of earmarks and campaign cash dancing in their heads, the House of Representatives passed a 3,500 page, $516 billion spending bill.
This legislative giant - a combination of eleven must-pass annual appropriations bills and $31 billion in emergency spending - was made available at 12:20 a.m. Monday morning, and received a vote a mere 22 hours later. That's barely enough time for an accomplished speed reader to read it, much less a busy member of Congress.
Please donate today and help us shed light on Congress' spending priorities.
When I wrote to you last week, I shared with you how my team was working overtime preparing for this bill. We spent all day yesterday combing through the bill to get a tally of earmarks and other egregious provisions in the legislation (we even pushed back the TCS holiday party several hours to finish). So far, our preliminary count found 8,983 earmarks worth $7.4 billion. But our work has just begun.
Please make a donation in support of this work today.
Our experience has taught us that bringing the full light of day to the legislative process is the only way taxpayers can ensure their elected representatives are held responsible for their spending decisions. With your help, we can continue to sift through this bill to find every earmark and make public a complete database of these earmarks as quickly after the New Year as possible.
Thank you for your support,
Ryan Alexander
President
P.S. Every new or increased donation amount will be matched by one of our foundation funders. Please double your gift's impact today.
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