• 69% of Americans say the government can cut large amounts of wasteful spending without harming important programs; Support for cutting government is overwhelming across the partisan spectrum more
• $694,000 earmarked by Congress for a Kentucky education center that doesn’t exist; The money was used for other purposes, including out-of-state travel and lodging more
• “Green” changes to the House of Representatives’ food service has cut profits in half more
• Senate Majority Leader threatens to bring up omnibus spending authorization bill before the end of July more
• Only 21% of Americans support Senate’s $300 billion mortgage bail out proposal; The bill is “very attractive to legislators in an election year,” but the Congressional Budget Office found it would do little to ease the housing crisis more
  
• National Park Service sponsors an afternoon of poetry reading on the lawn of the Longfellow House more
• National Park Service sponsors a summit to raise awareness of environmental issues within the performing arts community more
• Looking to avoid maintenance costs, Mississippi town attempting to transfer ownership of local visitors center to the National Park Service more
  
• National Science Foundation pays for public opinion poll to determine if Floridians are convinced that global warming is happening and if the government should deal with climate change more