Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
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Page : 804 pages
File Size : 19,35 MB
Release : 2015
Category : United States
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
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Page : 844 pages
File Size : 15,72 MB
Release : 2008
Category : United States
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Page : 790 pages
File Size : 46,24 MB
Release : 2009
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Author : Citizens Against Government Waste
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 21,65 MB
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 146685314X
The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!
Author : Susan B. Epstein
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 28,55 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1437924662
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Funding for Foreign Operations and State Dept./Broadcasting programs has been steadily rising since FY 2002, after a period of decline in the 1980s and 1990s. Amounts approved for FY 2004 in regular and supplemental bills reached an unprecedented level compared with the previous 40 years, largely due to Iraq reconstruction funding. Ongoing assistance to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as large new global health programs, has kept the international affairs budget at historically high levels in recent years. Contents of this report: (1) Recent Developments; (2) Congressional Action; (3) State-Foreign Operations Overview: Background and Trends; FY 2010 Budget Request Overview; Use of Supplemental Funding. Charts and tables.
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Page : 736 pages
File Size : 13,18 MB
Release : 2009
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File Size : 12,36 MB
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Author : Jeremy M. Sharp
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 44,82 MB
Release : 2010-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1437927475
Contents: (1) U.S.-Israeli Relations and the Role of Foreign Aid; (2) U.S. Bilateral Military Aid to Israel: A 10-Year Military Aid Agreement; Foreign Military Financing; Ongoing U.S.-Israeli Defense Procurement Negotiations; (3) Defense Budget Appropriations for U.S.-Israeli Missile Defense Programs: Multi-Layered Missile Defense; High Altitude Missile Defense System; (4) Aid Restrictions and Possible Violations: Israeli Arms Sales to China; Israeli Settlements; (5) Other Ongoing Assistance and Cooperative Programs: Migration and Refugee Assistance; Loan Guarantees for Economic Recovery; American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program; U.S.-Israeli Scientific and Business Cooperation; (6) Historical Background. Illustrations.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
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Page : 916 pages
File Size : 46,43 MB
Release : 2008
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Author : Marjorie Ann Browne
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,31 MB
Release : 2010-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1437927505
The debate over U.N. funding focuses on several questions, including: (1) What is the appropriate level of U.S. funding for U.N. system operations and programs? (2) What U.S. funding actions are most likely to produce a positive continuation of U.N. system reform efforts? For more than 60 years, the U.S. has been the single largest financial contributor to the U.N. system, supplying in recent years 22% of most U.N. agency budgets. This report tracks the process by which Congress provides the funding for U.S. assessed contributions to the regular budgets of the U.N, its agencies, and U.N. peacekeeping operations, as well for U.S. voluntary contributions to U.N. system programs and funds. Basic info. is provided to help the reader understand this process. Illus.
