• Congressional approval falls to single digits for first time ever with just 9 percent of Americans saying Congress is doing a good or excellent job more
• Department of Education employees inappropriately used government credit cards to pay for $49,500 worth of goods for personal use, including meals, items at clothing stores, and rental cars more
  
• Department of Education overpays lenders hundreds of millions of dollars intended for student loans more
• Senators earmark millions for Defense industry campaign contributors for projects with vague descriptions more
• Congress approves $210 million in emergency funding for U.S. Census Bureau to cover the cost of its mismanagement of the 2010 census, despite a vow by the Commerce Department Secretary to transfer funds to pay for the shortfall more
• Senator Mary Landrieu’s $73 million earmark for housing aid was the only pork project included in the emergency war supplemental more
• The IRS could save as much as $20 million a year by cutting back on excess mailings and reducing the number of documents sent to taxpayers more