Taxpayers Shell Out For SalmonSalmon continues to dwindle throughout California and Oregon, and tax dollars are being used to bail out those affected.

The Wisconsin State Senate Democrat leadership had the opportunity to make government open to the public - but failed. What do they have to hide? Every citizen in the State of Wisconsin should ask their Senator "What do you have to hide?"Rep. Vos: Assembly passes Government Checkbook Disclosure Act3/12/2008 Rep. Robin Vos (608) 266 9171

Taxpayer champ and anti-earmark crusader Congressman Jeff Flake today struck back at Congressman David Obey's "Check Yes or No for Earmarks" Dear Colleague with this clever response. Click to read!

A Capitol Hill source just provided us with this remarkable letter, which House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey of Wisconsin today sent to some, if not all, of his Congressional colleagues.In the letter, Obey acts like a schoolboy who's trying to find out if the girl sitting next to him has a crush on him and his ability to deliver pork-barrel earmarks.  And they say romance is dead:Dear Colleague:

You may have heard recently that one of the most notorious pork-barrellers in Congress, U.S. Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania,is hosting a swanky fundraising dinner with a bunch of earmark-seeking defense lobbyists at the Ritz Carlton in Arlington, Virginia, tomorrow night.