Steve Ellis

Nearly Five Years Later Still No Levee Commission, Why?

Sandy Rosenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: BP Oil Disaster, John Barry, Levees, Army Corps of Engineers, Steve Ellis, 8/29 Investigation, Barack Obama, New Orleans, Katrina, Politics News
Sandy Rosenthal

Levees.org continues to demand the 8/29 Investigation Act, a truly independent bipartisan investigation of the flood protection failures during Katrina.

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Congress Takes the Pledge -- But First a Little Binge

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Budget Discipline, Dave Obey, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Steve Ellis, Omnibus Spending Bill, Congress, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Earmarks, Nancy Pelosi, Budget Reform, Spending Reform, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Harry Reid, Congressional Spending, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

And now, ladies and gentlemen, direct from Capitol Hill for your after-dinner entertainment -- won't you give it up, please, for: Your Congressional Chorus!

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Ryan Grim

Reid Spokesman: Anti-Earmark Crusader A "Partisan Hack"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stimulus Earmarks, Senator Harry Reid, Earmarks, Reid Earmarks, Steve Ellis, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Harry Reid, Pork, Senator Reid, Omnibus Earmarks, Reid, Jim Manley, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Reid Aides, Politics News

Speaking on the Senate floor on Wednesday evening, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) got under the fingernails of the government watchdog group Taxpay...

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