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    CARES ACT (H.R.748) and the Official Summary of Supplemental Appropriation - CARES ACT (H.R.748) - Full Text

    On March 25, 2020, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a $2 trillion “Phase III” emergency...

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    Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases

    In an effort to provide the most up-to-date information, Johns Hopkins University...

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    Adam Andrzejewski

    Forbes: Wyoming Public School Salaries Finally Posted Online – Payrolls Cost Taxpayers $1 Billion

    It was a three year fight to open the books on the entire payroll of the Wyoming...

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    Adam Andrzejewski

    Forbes: 10,600 CDC Employees Earn $1.1 Billion Annually

    With the stock market in correction, public health alerts, travel restrictions, and...

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    Tucker Carlson

    Fox News: US is vulnerable to coronavirus

    The CDC, which is America's main line of defense against infectious diseases seem...

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    Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar Presentation (plus transcript) by OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski

    Feb 20, 2020

    The following is adapted from a talk delivered on February 20, 2020, at the Hillsdale...

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    One America News: President Trump Tackles Wasteful Spending in Budget

    Feb 14, 2020

    For the first time in American history, President Trump is including a bold and detailed...

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    CBS-Seattle: Trump Budget Targets Taxpayer Waste

    Feb 11, 2020

    The blueprint for President Donald Trump’s future priorities is now official with...

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    Fox News: Rep. Jim Banks: Trump has given us a path to a balanced budget - it's pro-worker, pro-family and pro-growth

    Feb 11, 2020

    In 2017, Speaker Pelosi famously cajoled House Republicans to produce a budget, warning...

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    Government Executive: Trump’s FY 2021 Budget Seeks to ‘Resize’ the Bureaucracy

    Feb 11, 2020

    President Trump sent Congress a $4.8 trillion budget request for fiscal 2021.

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    Washington Examiner: Loaded swamp: $100,001-plus salaries the norm in DC for first time

    Feb 11, 2020

    For the first time, there are more residents of the nation’s capital who make at...

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    Forbes: Trump’s New War On Wasteful Spending - An Advance Draft Of The President’s Budget To Congress - FY2021

    Feb 06, 2020

    President Donald Trump is taking action to declare war on waste. We reviewed an advance...

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    The Daily Caller: New Trump Budget Includes First Ever Chapter Defining Government Waste, Targets Programs To Eliminate Entirely

    Feb 06, 2020

    The Trump administration’s budget for fiscal year 2021 will take steps to curb what...

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    Adam Andrzejewski

    Forbes: San Francisco’s 'Mr. Clean' Arrested By FBI For Alleged Porta Potty Scandal As Human Waste Piles Up On City Streets

    Jan 31, 2020

    Mohammed Nuru was arrested and charged by the FBI on allegations of bribery, wire...

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    Real Clear Politics: Suing California to Produce a State Checkbook

    Jan 24, 2020

    Unfortunately, last fall, California State Controller Betty Yee (pictured) rejected...

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    Open The Books has Sued the State of California

    Jan 13, 2020

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