list http://www.usatoday.com http://www.usatoday.com en-us Copyright 2013, USATODAY.com, USA TODAY Wed, 22 May 2013 20:20:58 GMT 135 20 http://www.usatoday.com http://i.usatoday.net/_common/_images/usatodaycom_135x20.gif http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2010-06-28-charityearmarks28_ST_U.htm Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:07:47 GMT Some lawmakers have used special legislative provisions called "earmarks" to fund charities with close personal connections. http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2010-06-28-charityearmarks28_ST_U.htm http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2010-06-03-tarpletters03_ST_U.htm Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:32:44 GMT A senator urged the Treasury Department to provide bailout money to a financial firm that collapsed, costing taxpayers $2.3 billion. http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2010-06-03-tarpletters03_ST_U.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-06-02-tarp-letters_N.htm Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:19:40 GMT During the depths of the financial crisis in 2008, a member of the Senate Banking Committee urged the Treasury Department to provide bailout ... http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-06-02-tarp-letters_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2010-04-27-kagan27_ST_U.htm Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:22:40 GMT Solicitor General Elena Kagan was a paid member of an advisory panel for the embattled investment firm Goldman Sachs, federal financial disclosures ... http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2010-04-27-kagan27_ST_U.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2010-04-26-kagan_N.htm Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:14:36 GMT A top prospect for the Supreme Court was a paid member of an advisory panel for the embattled investment firm Goldman Sachs, federal financial ... http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2010-04-26-kagan_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2010-04-22-warcontractors22_ST_U.htm Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:53:50 GMT U.S. government contractor deaths in Afghanistan more than doubled last year as violence and American troop levels increased, records show. http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2010-04-22-warcontractors22_ST_U.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-04-21-war-contractors_N.htm Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:43:07 GMT U.S. government contractor deaths in Afghanistan more than doubled last year as violence and American troop levels increased, federal government ... http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-04-21-war-contractors_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-04-14-earmarks_N.htm Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:01:24 GMT A House ban on a practice that lets individual members steer federal funds to private companies is gaining scant traction in the Senate, whose ... http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-04-14-earmarks_N.htm http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/04/omb-encouraging-trend-on-congressional-earmarks/1 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:56:00 GMT The White House has declared progress has been made in efforts to trim earmarks, the special-interest funding provisions lawmakers insert into ... http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/04/omb-encouraging-trend-on-congressional-earmarks/1 http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2010-04-08-arrests08_ST_U.htm Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:52:16 GMT Federal authorities arrested a California man Wednesday for allegedly making threatening phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2010-04-08-arrests08_ST_U.htm