If you just graduated from college, let Restore Accountability be the first to congratulate you! The “real world” has been waiting to see what you can add to this great … READ MORE
Throwback Thursday: Climate Change: The Musical
Featured in former Senator Tom Coburn’s 2012 Wastebook, the National Science Foundation (NSF) spent $697,177 to create a climate change and biodiversity musical. According to the report, one reviewer said this … READ MORE
Congress is Neglecting One of Its Constitutional Powers
During a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in May, a Senator showed the American public that Congress has forgotten one of its “implied” powers in the Constitution, Congressional oversight. In response to … READ MORE
Rising Healthcare Costs are a (Federal) Budget Buster
This week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of how the updated American Health Care Act (AHCA) would impact the federal budget and the amount of people covered … READ MORE
Throwback Thursday: Back in Black
The Trump Administration just released their proposed budget, which proposed $3.2 billion in spending cuts and $5.2 billion in total deficit reduction. However, the budget relied on some very flimsy assumptions to get to … READ MORE
The Bold, the Bluster, and the Blank
Yesterday, the Trump Administration released its official Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal. The budget document contains a lot of content, including individual agency and program budgets, major savings and reform proposals, … READ MORE
Social Security: Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences
“The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.” The Pulitzer Prize winning author, Dave Barry, was obviously … READ MORE
Will Congress Act?
Tick tock. Another non-partisan report has been released providing clear evidence that our nation’s finances are a ticking time bomb. The report even provides instructions on which wires Congress needs … READ MORE