The Free Enterprise Fund announced the release of a national survey in which "deep voter anger over wasteful spending" was discovered.

AP Reporter Robert Tanner reports: "Tax cuts, new cash to health-care programs, blueprints for new roads and schools - states have jumped into 2006 with ambitious plans to spend the money pouring into their coffers, a windfall that's just in time for governors and legislators as they start re-election campaigns."

Congratulations to Nathaniel Sherman from East Lansing, MI. Compliments of the AFP Blog you have won a 30G Video iPod!!E-mail info@afphq.org to collect your prize.  

An update from our "friendly moles" indicates that would be attendees of the secret meeting of the Appropriations Committee Task Force on Earmark Reform may have "got spooked." Our mole reports: "we had spies camped out ready to document attendees of this meeting, but the meeting did not happen.  We think they got spooked.  Anyhow, our original intel was completely solid." 

Tom Elliot of the New York Post editorial board suggests in the Washington Examiner today that a federal Taxpayer's Bill of Rights is a needed Congressional reform: