Wastebook 2014 the report washington doesnt want you to read reveals the 100 most outlandish government expenditures this year, costing taxpayers billions of dollars. Washington, dec 08, 2015 business wire citizens against government waste cagw today applauded sen. Tom coburn s tradition of releasing an annual list of the feds. Now, perhaps more than ever before, we could use senator coburn. With no one watching over the vast bureaucracy, the problem is not just what washington isnt doing, but what it is doing. Although everyone in his office from interns on up contributes ideas, mr. A republican, he was a united states representative and later a united states senator from oklahoma. Tom coburn is going out with a bang with his final wastebook. Theres a reason politicians are always loath to cut government budgets. He spots items throughout the year and fires them off in emails collected by his legislative director, roland foster.
Puppet shows, bomb sniffing elephants make senate s latest wastebook mccain picks up where coburn left off, with a detailed list of potentially frivolous federal projects that is likely to irk. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading wastebook 2014. It documents extravagant federal government waste in a year. Puppet shows, bomb sniffing elephants make senates latest. Thomas allen coburn march 14, 1948 march 28, 2020 was an american politician and physician. Tom coburn s annual wastebook may make politicians on both sides of the aisle squirm with discomfort. Flake continues coburns tradition billions in frivolous and unnecessary spending revealed. When senator tom coburn retired last year, we wondered if his retirement would also mark the end of the wastebook the oklahoma senators annual compendium of the most absurd items that the u. And so you know, senator flakes office declined our requests for an interview, both with the senator and a senior staff member. Coburn s legacy as well as a sequel to his june 2015.
Examples of wasteful government spending were detailed by republican sen. The case against stupid spending in covid19 crisis. Flake continues coburns tradition elizabeth harrington on december 8, 2015 sen. Among the 50 examples of egregious federal spending uncovered in flakes latest report is a program that accepts. Carl levin carl milton levin senator tom coburn s government oversight legacy the trumpification of the federal courts global health is the last bastion of bipartisan. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Wastebook 2014 kindle edition by us senate, united states government, coburn m. Tom coburn in his annual wastebook, his final edition since he is retiring early next. Tom coburn, the retiring senior republican senator from oklahoma and notorious deficit hawk, has released a massive. This is flakes second edition of the wastebook series, started by retired sen. Gambling monkeys, massages for rabbits, and paid leave for federal workers who are underperforming or even engaging in criminal mischief these are some of the projects listed in senator tom coburn s rok wastebook 2014, the annual list of wasteful government projects put out by the senator. Over the past 12 months, washington politicians argued, debated and lamented about how to rein in. Senator tom coburn rok speaks to reporters on wastebook 20, his annual report on egregious federal spending. Highlighted in the annual wastebook report on government spending, the 28foot joint, which also looks like a smashed car, was.
Carrying on the tradition of retired senator tom coburn rok, senator jeff flake raz this week released the 2015 edition of the wastebook. Coburn is retiring at the end of this year after a decade in the senate, meaning the 239page, meticulously footnoted volume he released wednesday will be his final wastebook as senator. Senator tom coburns government oversight legacy thehill. Tom coburn, author of wastebook, was fearless in fighting what he described as stupid spending. His list of the most wasteful uses of taxpayer money that year. Senator tom coburn created wastebook to do just that and put a real face on questionable spending. Lankfords federal fumbles report sheds light on the waste, fraud, and abuse rampant in the federal government that hardworking americans are paying for with their tax dollars.
Rabbit massages, tax breaks for the national football league nfl, shrimp on a treadmill, unemployment payments to millionaires and other subsidies for the rich and famous, and bridges to nowhere are just a handful of the hundreds of outlandish. Tom coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in. In honor of the release of the new star wars movie, senator jeff flake r. Senator lankford releases federal fumbles report sen. And hes the one who put sheilas research into his 2015 wastebook.
Friday december 11th, 2015 posted by craig eyermann at 4. Now, perhaps more than ever before, we could use senator coburn and his watchful eye as our nation prepares to enter what will. Arizona senator jeff flake released his annual 200page catalogue of egregious government spending today. His departure is raising questions about who, if anyone, will pick up his oversight banner. The federal spending wastebook is outrageous in more. Wastebook 2014 kindle edition by us senate, united. These are just some of the ways the federal government spent your tax dollars this year. Senator coburns wastebook 2012 names biggest waste.
In other words, what senator coburn considers a waste of taxpayers. Coburn was elected to the united states house of representatives in 1994 as. In it, the retiring oklahoma senator laces into the national institutes of health for complaining about lack of. Wastebook 2015 the unrelenting wasteful spending of.
Jeff flake, who inherited the wastebook when coburn retired after the 2014 edition, is definitely trying hard. Coburn offered more amendments than any of his colleagues. Lankford released his second teaser video for the release of his new report, federal fumbles. Jeff flake ap elizabeth harringtondecember 8, 2015 12.
He said to cbs news nancy cordes in a recent interview, where was the adult in the room when this was going on. Giant joint, treadmill for fish highlight wastebook 2016. Wastebook 2015 the unrelenting wasteful spending of washington senator tom coburn of oklahoma has been one of the very few politicians in washington who have taken the time to identify and document the incredible amount of taxpayer wealth that the government wastes every year. Chicago tribune columnist john kass talks about senator tom coburn s 2014 wastebook, a. Flakes wastebook is the latest in a series of lawmakers attempting to carry on sen. Tom coburn s third edition of his wastebook names the worst offender and biggest waste of taxpayers money. Tom coburns legacy citizens against government waste. Coburn as oklahomas junior senator, appears to be the closest to mirroring the wastebook.
What senator coburn s list of fraud, abuse, and overspending doesnt tell us. Wastebook 2011 1 dear taxpayer, robot dragons, video games, christmas trees, snow cone machines, and chocolate. November 30, 2015 levin, coburn leave legacy of bipartisanship, oversight. He said to cbs news nancy cordes in a recent interview, where was. Senator coburn highlights ridiculous government spending. Tom coburn s annual wastebook, a ranking of 2014s top 100 worst examples of government waste, including out. Senator tom coburn s just released 2011 wastebook exposes 100 just plain stupid projects paid for with taxpayer money, some of which he supported.
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