Cspan radio app. Earmarks and what is going on with them this morning. Joining us is tom schatz, president of citizens against government waste and he will talk about the 2020 government pig book. Good morning. Guest good morning. Host can you tell us exactly what citizens against government waste is and where you get your funding . Guest citizens against government waste was created in 1984 following the release of the report under praise that in reagan. President citizens against government waste has been issuing the pig 1991, porkbarrel spending or earmarks, so we are funded by the taxpayers. The paper came about in 1991. We worked with the pork busters coalition and created a seven point criteria for determining what would be an earmark or porkbarrel project in the appropriations bill. This year, we have had 15. 9 billion which is up by almost 4 from the prior year. This is going on, by the way, even what Congress Claims is an earmark moratorium. Before we get into what you found,
President of citizens against government waste and he will talk about the 2020 government pig book. Good morning. Guest good morning. Host can you tell us exactly what citizens against government waste is and where you get your funding . Guest citizens against government waste was created in 1984 following the release of the report under praise that in reagan. President citizens against government waste has been issuing the pig 1991, porkbarrel spending or earmarks, so we are funded by the taxpayers. The paper came about in 1991. We worked with the pork busters coalition and created a seven point criteria for determining what would be an earmark or porkbarrel project in the appropriations bill. This year, we have had 15. 9 billion which is up by almost 4 from the prior year. This is going on, by the way, even what Congress Claims is an earmark moratorium. Before we get into what you found, can you define what you are calling an earmark . Guest the seven point criteria includes whether
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and sbc host, jen psaki. that interview coming up in minutes. and a very good day to all of you from nbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news, right, now the senate is holding a sunday session as lawmakers scramble to lockdown a last-minute deal on funding for both ukraine and israel. this comes after republican scrapped a bipartisan border deal that would have finalized that budget for wartime. we have a live report ahead for you. of course, that wartime aid, in the meantime. a second vote on all hundred mayorkas impeachment. that is set for tuesday after house republicans first attempt fell short last week. today, secretary mayorkas is dismissing the vote. calling the gop s allegations against him a distraction. there are baseless allegations, kristen. that is why i am not distracted by them. i am focused on the work of the department of homeland security. i ve got a busy day today, after the show. a busy day