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Scoring the Scorekeepers: A Review of CBO’s Legislative Forecasting

April 9, 2026April 9, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged CBOs, Forecasting, Legislative, review, Scorekeepers, Scoring

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Trump EPA Ends Exorbitant Pay-Outs to Litigious Environmental Nonprofits

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Ends, environmental, EPA, Exorbitant, Litigious, Nonprofits, PayOuts, Trump

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$193.6 Trillion in Unfunded Medicare and Social Security Promises

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Medicare, promises, Security, Social, TRILLION, Unfunded

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Open the Books Testifies at Senate Hearing During Sunshine Week

March 19, 2026March 19, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged books, Hearing, open, Senate, sunshine, Testifies, Week

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Pentagon Should Focus on Defense Priorities, not Lavish Dinners, After Historic $93.4B “Use-It-or-Lose-It” September

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged 93.4B, Defense, Dinners, focus, Historic, Lavish, Pentagon, Priorities, September, UseItorLoseIt

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Iran: We’re Ending Taxpayer-Funded Appeasement

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged APPEASEMENT, Iran, taxpayerfunded

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Billing Codes Explode Up to 10,000%, LA Mental Health Dept. Highest Biller in the Nation

February 21, 2026February 21, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Biller, Billing, Codes, Dept, Explode, Health, Highest, mental, Nation

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Improper Payments Down from Covid-Era Highs But “Confirmed Fraud” Info Missing Amid National Scandal

February 18, 2026February 18, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Confirmed, CovidEra, Fraud, Highs, improper, Info, Missing, National, Payments, Scandal

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Pentagon’s Secret Teacher Training Reveals Defiance of White House Directives, Contractors as Backdoor to DEI

February 10, 2026February 10, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Backdoor, Contractors, Defiance, DEI, Directives, House, Pentagons, Reveals, Secret, Teacher, Training, White

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We’re Working on “Moneyball” for Politics

February 7, 2026February 7, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Moneyball, Politics, Working

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Return on ICE Investment – What are Taxpayers Getting for their Spending Surge?

February 2, 2026February 2, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged ICE, investment, Return, Spending, Surge, Taxpayers

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Senators Earmark $636M for Universities They Attended

January 26, 2026January 26, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged 636M, Attended, Earmark, Senators, Universities

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