Earmarks

Democrats and Republicans are fighting over how to fund highway repair projects this summer. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Earmarks are a way of avoiding policy debates

June 4, 2014 5:01 pm

Beltway Confidential

GOP operative chides Mississippi voters for not handing Thad Cochran an immediate victory, warns pork will go elsewhere

Becket Adams -

June 4, 2014 3:18 pm

Politics

Earmarks may be dead, but pet projects live on

Susan Ferrechio -

May 20, 2014 9:00 am

Senate Republicans may be helping Sen. Mark Udall's re-election by signing an anti-earmarks letter he's circulating.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate Republicans give Mark Udall a campaign boost

David M. Drucker -

May 13, 2014 4:00 am

Some recent headlines reflect a disturbing pattern that has contributed to our $17 trillion debt and to a growing cynicism among the public, which increasingly regards government in a negative light.

Columnists

Taxpayers’ money keeps pouring down the federal budget sinkhole

Cal Thomas -

May 5, 2014 4:00 am

Magazine

Examiner Editorial: Reviving earmarks is the last thing Congress should do

Washington Examiner -

May 1, 2014 4:00 am

Sen. Tom Coburn, who has been battling cancer, said he's not quitting for health reasons but rather to uphold a promise he made when first elected to the Senate that he wouldn't serve more than two six-year terms. (AP file photo)

Senate

Sen. Tom Coburn to step down at end of current Congress, two years before term expires

Sean Lengell -

January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., cut up a giant poster of a credit card on the Senate floor Tuesday, saying it demonstrated why Washington politicians must end their addiction to spending money they don't have. (AP Photo)

Op-Eds

Obamacare battle is another phase in the timeless war between freedom and tyranny

Tom Coburn -

November 20, 2013 5:00 am

Ted Cruz's Tea Party Whip Operation was not enough to stop the Senate from passing a continuing resolution that funds Obamacare. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Columnists

Ted Cruz filled Republican leadership vacuum, then burned his bridges

Timothy P. Carney -

September 27, 2013 4:00 am

The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued new data reporting regulations in July. (Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: New HUD rules open floodgates for lawsuits

Washington Examiner -

August 13, 2013 4:00 am

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