01 December 2015

• U.S. Congressional Waste-Watching — 2015

“To the annals of government projects that congressional budget hawks find questionable, wasteful and even droll add 100 more, highlighted in a new report from Sen. James Lankford.

“The Oklahoma Republican, picking up the waste-cutting legacy of his predecessor, Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), on Monday released a list of 100 ‘Federal Fumbles’ he describes as ‘100 Ways the Government Dropped the Ball…

“The fumbles also take a whack at a $250 million Defense Department program to train and provide equipment to just 60 Syrian rebels (the goal, according to the report, was $500 million to train and equip at least 5,400 rebels fighting the Islamic State); $30,000 to secure the habitat of the American Burying Beetle and $8 million spent by a Veterans Affairs hospital in Little Rock, Ark., to tear down 1,400 inactive solar panels to make way for a new parking garage…..”

Please visit this link to read the full report: WashingtonPost

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