Well over a year after Congress voluntarily imposed a ban on pork barrel spending, the number and cost of earmarks have dropped dramatically, a report said Tuesday -- but the snouts are not out of the trough altogether.
When most Americans think about heroic efforts that save lives and keep communities safe from gun violence, I suspect they picture someone with a badge, gun or bullet-proof vest who, with similarly equipped colleagues, busts down doors in pursuit of criminal thugs.
Close friends and family gathered Tuesday to say farewell to Sen. Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress, who died last week at age 92.
CNN's Candy Crowley reflects on the late Sen. Robert Byrd's life and his record.
West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, the self-educated son of a coal miner who became the longest-serving member of Congress, died early Monday at age 92, the senator's office said.
Senators honor the life and legacy of America's longest-serving member of Congress, Robert Byrd.
Senate and House negotiators tasked with finalizing a compromise on a $105 billion bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan rejected a provision Thursday night that would have prohibited the release of photos showing alleged detainee abuse.
Don't expect TARP-free banks to unleash a torrent of loans to cash-strapped consumers.
A day after House Democrats rejected the president's funding request to close down the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Senate Democrat said he and other key senators may support the request.
Listen closely and you'll hear squeals of disgust from a watchdog group tracking congressional pork in the nation's capital.
Despite President Obama's vow to reign in earmarks -- pet projects lawmakers use to divert money to their home districts -- it looks like it may be business as usual in Washington.
Claiming President Obama's budget spends and borrows too much money, the GOP offers an alternative. CNN's Dana Bash reports.
A massive spending bill that funds the U.S. government for the rest of the budget year passed the Senate on Tuesday despite complaints about nearly $8 billion in what critics called "pork-barrel" projects.
Byrd transformed
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CNN's Campbell Brown looks at how Sen. Robert Byrd went from being a member of the KKK to supporting a black president.
We have lived through a week unlike any other in our nation's history. We are not the same country on Friday that we were on Monday.
In Session's Jami Floyd has the Last Word on Alaska politics and the Sen. Ted Stevens scandal.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell testified in Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial Friday, saying the Republican from Alaska has a "sterling" character.
Last year Sen. Barack Obama, submitted a laundry list of federal funding requests, known as earmarks, to the Senate Appropriations Committee: 112 earmarks totaling more than $330 million in taxpayer funds.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told a Senate panel Tuesday that the government needs to look for new ways to improve airport screening.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is asking for nearly $190 billion from Congress to help fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an increase from the amount requested earlier this year.
Mattel and its CEO will face questions from House and Senate panels in the coming weeks about procedures for alerting federal regulators about hazardous toys and the problems of recalls of products made in China, according to a published report.
Traffic at the nation's airports is rebounding, but the Transportation Department's inspector general cautioned Thursday that the improvement hasn't come without problems.
Senate Democrats and a handful of Republicans blocked a giant spending bill Tuesday, but Senate leaders from both parties said they expect the legislation to pass by week's end.
In a speech to the Association of Community College Trustees, Senator Robert C. Byrd, the West Virginia Democrat who heads the Senate Appropriations Committee, said four-year institutions were . . ...
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