It's odd that Tea Party candidates have had so little to say about one area of wasteful spending that all limited government advocates should be able to agree on -- the USDA's farm subsidy programs.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — It's early on a Monday in north Alabama's "space city," and Sen. Richard Shelby is bashing Washington at a packed town hall m...

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress obtained about 2,000 fewer pet projects for their home states last year, according to a White House analysis re...

A historic opportunity to tame a voracious source of our horrific federal debt is being squandered by short sighted games played by this administration, some of them abysmally selfish.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sent legislation to Congress on Monday that would allow him to force lawmakers to vote on cutting earmarks a...

HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. Anti-tax activists are assembling ...

The porkers on Capitol Hill are not going to reform themselves unless and until they get some adult supervision. We need a higher standard for the media, who is supposed to tell us what's going on.

Congressional Republicans seem to hope that no one will remember what they said about earmarks before they won control of Congress and what they did about them after they were in charge.

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and a bipartisan group of Senators will propose legislation Tuesday to create a new, centralized earmark database to provide...

WASHINGTON (AP)- House Democratic leaders announced Wednesday that they will ban the much-criticized practice of using annual spending bills to direct...

"As they try to reclaim the ethical high ground during a difficult stretch, House Democratic leaders are considering a dramatic move: declaring a part...