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Flake signed the taxpayer protection pledge and one of eight house members to receive a 100% approval rating from the american conservative union. Flakes career in congress, he has been a steadfast fiscal conservative. The salaries of a select group of federal employees made the list. Jan 10, 2017 republican senator jeff flake from arizona released his 2016 wastebook report detailing wasteful spending in government agencies. The arizona republicans wastebook released tuesday details a litany of.
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Jan 12, 2017 a new report from senator jeff flake raz details 50 examples of government programs that he feels are some of the most egregious examples of wasteful spending at the federal level. Despite the public ballyhooing over budget austerity, the government didnt come up short on outlandish ways to waste money in 2015, flake wrote in his introduction. In a bold act of conscience, republican senator jeff flake takes his party to task for embracing nationalism. New wastebook highlights outrageous animal experiments. In order to highlight the wasteful and sometimes silly ways in which the federal government agrees to spend taxpayers money, today senator jeff flake raz released his second edition wastebook. Jeff flake is again teeing up his war against waste but one target says shes. Flakewho was honored last month as one of white coat waste projects 2016 congressional waste warriorsfeatures five projects that involve cruel, bizarre and unnecessary. Government releases 2016 wasteful spending report news. Jeff flake released a report today detailing 100 ways the federal government wasted your tax dollars, which included filming monkeys on a treadmill. Arizona senator jeff flake releases 2016 wastebook filled.
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This wastebook is another installment in a series on tackling wasteful government spending. Salaries of federal pr employees featured in senators. This is flakes second edition of the wastebook series, started by retired sen. Jan 10, 2017 the tradition of releasing a book of government waste was started by retired oklahoma sen. Salaries of federal pr employees featured in senators annual. Beran and menzel crafted an article, public funding for the public good, published in social science space, that explains the purpose and context of their research. Giant joint, treadmill for fish highlight wastebook 2016.
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