That’s according to the “Wastebook” reporting published by the late U.S. Senator Dr. Tom Coburn. For years, these reports shined a white-hot spotlight on federal frauds and taxpayer abuses.

Corporations themselves cannot donate to candidates at the federal level but federal candidates can get contributions from corporate PACs, employees and owners as well as their immediate families. At ...

Modeled after the “Wastebook” once published by the late Sen. Tom Coburn, Paul’s compendium cites 161 different sources to expose some of the most head-scratching government grants and ...

But politicians have been sounding the alarm bells for years. In 2010, Sen. Tom Coburn blasted two of the department’s top programs for spending $2.3 billion on “pork barrel” earmarks over ...

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I’m the founder of Mars Hill Strategies, a public affairs and public relations firm, and the former communications director for U.S. Senator Tom Coburn. In 2003, I co-authored with Coburn Breach ...