In 1975 Sen. Proxmire originated this award to publicize wasteful gov't spending
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Golden Fleece Award - Wikipedia  ... who issued the award 168 times for what he deemed wasteful spending. The Golden Fleece Award (19751988) was presented to those public officials, in the United ... United States Senator William Proxmire, a Democrat from Wisconsin, began to issue the .... Colloquium Series on the History of Science and Technology.
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Golden Fleece Award | Taxpayers for Common Sense  Jan 31, 2008 ... The award is given by TCS to government agencies or officials who have shown ... The Golden Fleece Award, created in 1975, was the brainchild of the late ... In honor of Senator Proxmire, Taxpayers for Common Sense also ... For more about DOE's wasteful spending on small modular reactors, click here.
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William Proxmire - Spartacus Educational  Proxmire was elected to the Senate in 1957 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of ... the Senate Armed Services Committee to spotlight wasteful military spending and was ... In 1975 William Proxmire established his annual Golden Fleece Awards. In this way he "publicized outlandish government spending, bureaucratic...
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HUTCHINSON v. PROXMIRE, 443 U.S. 111 (1979)  Jun 26, 1979 ... Hutchinson alleged that in making the award and publicizing it nationwide, ... to be the most egregious examples of wasteful governmental spending. ... to prepare a speech for Proxmire to present in the Senate on April 18, 1975; the ... It is time for the Federal Government to get out of this `monkey business.
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UNIT 3 The Legislative Branch Separation of Powers The ...  Limited Government Congress can exercise only those powers given to it by the ... The men and women elected to the House and Senate give the people a voice in setting ..... That creates an incentive for wasteful spending. ...... of the Month Award" to publicize what he saw as examples of wasteful government spending.
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Nonprofit contractor sent government $1.1 million bill for parties and ...  Mar 13, 2015 ... IRD spent $484,338 on those retreats at the height of U.S. war spending, ... gala dinner parties; free iPods at one retreat, Nikon Coolpix cameras at another; ... Md. The nonprofit also billed the government $63,746 for an awards reception .... people in some of the most insecure parts of the developing world.
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The Origins and Outcomes of US Solidarity with ... - eCommons  In March of 1976, President Gerald Ford agreed to host a reception for ... celebration of the United States' bicentennial. ... Parole Program for Chilean Refugees in 1975. .... country's economic crisis as well.18 Allende's policies created a demand ..... University and local churches.48 The organization took advantage of the.
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United Negro College Fund | AdCouncil  The slogan, "A Mind is a Terrible Thing To Waste," has remained unchanged for more than three decades and has become part of the American vernacular.
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ELECTIONS / SENATE : At $6.3 Million, Huffington Sets Spending ...  Michael Huffington has set a new record for campaign spending, contributing $6.3 ... May 27, 1994|DAVE LESHER | TIMES STAFF WRITER ... tally is the most personal money ever spent by a candidate in a Senate primary. ... At this pace, the race could be headed for another record as the most expensive Senate contest in...
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Checkers Speech, 1952 . Nixon . WGBH American Experience | PBS  I say that it was morally wrong -- if any of that $18000 went to Senator Nixon, for my ... after the program, and he said, "Dick, what about this fund we hear about?
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Dec 15, 2012 ... $800 ~ In 1974 this Arkansas Democrat lost his bid for a sixth term in the U.S. Senate. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it! Alex Trebek.
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Jimmy Carter - Wikipedia  James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and author who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center. Carter, a Democrat raised in rural Georgia, was a peanut farmer who served ... He was elected President in 1976, defeating incumbent President Gerald...
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Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom  Oct 4, 2001 ... attacks of September 11, 2001, is the civilian equivalent of the ... Purpose: The DEFENSE OF FREEDOM medal is established to acknowledge ... which a military member would be eligible for receipt of the Purple Heart.
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About Us | Sacbee.com & The Sacramento Bee  It was awarded its first Pulitzer Prize in 1935 for Public Service. ... were both recognized in 1992, when the paper won two more Pulitzer Prizes - including another ... "Majesty and Tragedy: The Sierra in Peril," by environment reporter Tom Knudson. ... This time it was for a series of editorials by associate editor Tom Philp that...
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James R. Schlesinger - Wikipedia  James Rodney Schlesinger (February 15, 1929  March 27, 2014) was an American economist and public servant who was best known for serving as Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1975 under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He became America's first Secretary of Energy under Jimmy Carter. ... While Secretary of Defense, he opposed amnesty for draft resisters, and...
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David Stockman - Revolvy  Stockman's influence within the Reagan Administration was negatively affected after the Atlantic Monthly magazine published the infamous 18,246 word article, "The ... President Jimmy Carter's last fiscal year budget ended with a $79.0 billion ... Stockman's OMB work within the administration during 1981 until August 1985...
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A Lady for President? Third Graders Respond - The New Yorker  Jul 25, 2016 ... In January, 1964, Senator Margaret Chase Smith, of Maine, entered the New ... In 1950, she made history with a speech against Senator Joseph ... two rows behind her for turning the Senate into a forum for hate and ... (In her third-grade essay, she suggested that men are not the only ones that are smart.
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A Prized Moment for the Globe, and the Pulitzers  Poynter  The Globe won in 1975 for its coverage of Boston's school-desegregation ... Public Service Pulitzer winners: The New York Times in 1972, for publishing ... also won the first Public Service prize awarded, in 1918, for its World War I reporting.
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Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act - Wikipedia  The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 is a United States federal law that amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which regulates the financing of political campaigns. Its chief sponsors were Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and John McCain ... Instead, the companion legislation, H.R. 2356introduced by Rep.
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498 F2d 725 Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign ...  498 F. 2d 725 - Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities v. ... The Select Committee was created on February 7, 1973, by a resolution of the Senate ... the Committee to investigate 'illegal, improper or unethical activities' occurring .... 'equally applicable to the subpoena of a congressional committee,' the...
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2008: Dole and McGovern - The World Food Prize - Improving the ...  He resigned from the Senate in 1996 to pursue his campaign for the 1996 ... Senator Dole served as National Chairman of the World War II Memorial ... In 1997, Senator Dole received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the ... In 1972, Senator McGovern was selected as the Democratic Party nominee for president.