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NRO: GAI Data Reveals Eye-Opening Look at Obama’s Schedule
“As the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) calculated, and Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen first reported, Obama attended only 43.8 percent of his PDBs between January 23, 2009 (three days after his inauguration), and May 31, 2012. Available nearly every day, the PDB allows the commander-in-chief to hear directly from top intelligence professionals about the latest…
Pentagon spends $34 million on unused HQ in Afghanistan
Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute appears on Huckabee to discuss cronyism in military spending and give a preview of the Government Accountability Institute’s report on employer amnesty in the Senate immigration bill. Watch the full video here.
GAI Report: Corporate Amnesty in S.744 Immigration Bill
A little-discussed provision buried in the immigration bill which passed out of the Senate on June 27, 2013 (S. 744) would let employers off the hook for previously hiring illegal immigrants—a “Get Out of Jail Free” card that could help companies dodge millions of dollars in fines and penalties, legal fees, and evade prosecution or…
Anti-Cronyism Forces Score Surprise Defeat of Farm Bill
With an unprecedented one out of five households now on food stamps, the farm bill was also seen as a massive giveaway to the corporate interests who profit from Obama’s unprecedented expansion of welfare spending. A report by the Government Accountability Institute found that since 2004 JP Morgan has bagged at least $560,492,596 processing Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT)…
INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY: Economy Less Important To Obama Than Vacations, Golf
“An enterprising private group has determined that the president has spent more time on vacation and golf courses than on trying to turn the economy around. And we’re surprised by 2.5% growth? The Government Accountability Institute, which has mined the records of the White House calendar, says President Obama ‘has spent a total of 474.4…
GAI Report: Presidential Calendar: A Time-Based Analysis
Government Accountability Institute is pleased to release its new report, “Presidential Calendar: A Time-Based Analysis.” Click here to download the report.
Wall Street Journal: How Congress Puts Itself Above The Law
“Insider trading (the buying and selling of stocks based on insider information not available to the general public) has been a violation of federal securities laws for almost 80 years. Yet it was never illegal for members of Congress. Not, that is, until a November 2011 report by CBS’s “60 Minutes” shamed Congress into changing…
FORBES: Poverty Professionals And The Cronies Who Love Them
“Details are hard to come by as they are not broken out in earnings reports, but a 2012 study from the Government Accountability Institute “Profits From Poverty” indicates that since 2004, 18 of the 24 states that contract with J.P. Morgan to provide welfare benefits have paid over half a billion dollars in fees. That…
WASHINGTON TIMES: Corzine Cronyism
Mr. Corzine raised $500,000 for the president’s re-election campaign. He was even considered for a presidential appointment before MF Global collapsed. Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute, observed in an op-ed column in this newspaper that MF Global was a client of Attorney General Eric Holder’s former law firm, Covington & Burling, where…