Articles from Council for Citizens Against Government Waste

Today, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) announced the launch of a national multi-faceted initiative to hold the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) responsible for its lack of transparency, unchecked spending, and failed experimentation with Americans’ healthcare.

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today released its 2023 Congressional Ratings, highlighting the voting records of all 535 members of Congress on 66 votes in the House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Senate during the first session of the 118th Congress. The report, which CCAGW has issued since 1989, identifies members whose voting records helped protect taxpayers, as well as those who consistently voted against their interests.

Today, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) launched a national multi-media campaign calling on Congress to reform the 340B Drug Pricing Program. CCAGW is urging lawmakers to prioritize bringing greater transparency and accountability to the program, which special interests have exploited by pocketing drug discounts meant for vulnerable patients. The campaign focuses on widespread abuses in the program and outlines what Congress needs to do to ensure greater accountability and transparency, including strongly defining what constitutes a 340B patient.

As first reported by Fox News, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) launched its latest campaign against government-run healthcare. The multimillion-dollar multifaceted media, grassroots, and online campaign targets legislation that would increase government control over the healthcare system starting with Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) “reform” bill, S. 1339.

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today released its 2022 Congressional Ratings highlighting the voting records of all 535 voting members of Congress during the second session of the 117th Congress. The report, which CCAGW has issued since 1989, identifies members whose voting records helped protect the taxpayers’ money, as well as those who consistently voted against their interests.

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) is expanding the multi-media advertising campaign that was launched on March 31, 2023, opposing HB 1547 and SB 262, which would impose unprecedented, heavy-handed regulations on digital advertising. The positive response from taxpayers and consumers to the first phase of the ad campaign, and the need to stop the most onerous restrictions of any state on how businesses can conduct online and digital marketing to their customers, were critical to CCAGW’s decision.

Today, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee (CCAGW PAC) announced its endorsement of Reps. Rick Allen (R-Ga.), Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), and Austin Scott (R-Ga.) for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Today, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee (CCAGW PAC) announced its endorsement of Reps. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.), French Hill (R-Ark.), and Bruce Westermann (R-Ark.) for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives.