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
Spoke about the economy and trade at a Campaign Event in wisconsin. He also touted the administrations response to the economic shutdown in response to the pandemic. Ladies and gentlemen. The Vice President of the United States, mike pence. [cheers and applause] vice pres. Pence hello, wisconsin. [applause] thank you for that warm welcome. To congress mingling grossman, congressman brian stiles, state senators, members of the state legislature, honored guests and my fellow americans, it is good on,be here in rip wisconsin, the birthplace of the Republican Party. [applause] and it is great to be back in the badger state with so many Great Americans. [applause] and thank you all for being here today. Allow me to begin by bringing greetings from another great fan of the badger state, a man who loves the state of wisconsin and has been fighting to keep the promises he made to the people of the state every day for the last three and a half years and was in this state not long ago. Allow me
Teachers, your line is 7028000. We want to hear from School Administrators at 2027 028001. Parents, we want to hear from you at 2027028002. If you dont fit into any of those categories, we still want to hear what you think. You can always reach us on social media come on twitter, and on facebook. Lets set up the question for you. Of teachertopic pay has been a hot one in the democratic president ial race for the democratic nomination. One of the first candidates to jump off was Kamala Harris, who came out in april with her proposal for raising teacher pay in new hampshire. Here is what she had to say. Lets be clear, there are two groups of people raising our children, parents, often with the assistance of grandparents, and our teachers. We are not paying them their value when we know teachers in our country make 10 less than similarly College Educated individuals. Which is why as president i will implement what will be the first time in our nation a federal investment in closing that t
Here. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Mason good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im anthony mason. Under growing pressure to use his bully pulpit to condemn antisemitism, President Trump did just that today after touring the National Museum of African American history and culture in washington, the president said, we have to fight bigotry, intolerance, and hatred in all of its very ugly forms. Some of the ugliest in recent days were the desecration of a Jewish Cemetery, and threats against Jewish Community centers. Margaret brennan is at the white house. Antisemitic threats targeting our Jewish Community and Community Centers are horrible and are painful. Reporter for the first time, President Trump addressed antisemitic incidents that have happened on his watch. President trumps comments came after more than 170 graves were toppled at a Jewish Cemetery in missouri, and more than 50 Jewish Community Centers Nationwide received bomb threats. But today, the anne frank cent