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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 29, 2012

  Perhaps the spendthrift General Services Administration — top GSA administrator Jeff Neely, in particular — needs to have its own special chaperones like Obama’s Secret Service is getting. Hallelujah, more jobs created under Obama’s leadership! From Los Angeles Times, Scandal over GSA junket won’t affect travel spending, experts say: In Washington, another scandal has [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 29, 2012

  Still no budget from Congress — the last one (and it’s suppose to be done every year) that was passed was on April 29, 2009, exactly three years today. This is beyond calling it a “record.” It’s a disgrace and a terrifying, hazardous ride to economic hell. The Republican-majority House has passed several budgets, [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 25, 2012

  What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. The excessive spending at a lavish 2010 Las Vegas conference by four General Services Administration officials has been investigated in House Oversight and Government Reform hearings for about a week now. And it’s not looking good for those being investigated. Criminal charges have been recommended. [...]

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