YEAR IN REVIEW MEMO: Bustos Continues Fighting for the Right Priorities during Second Year in Office
SUBJ: Bustos Continues Fighting for the Right Priorities during Second Year in Office DATE: December 19th, 2014 During her second year in office, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos fought hard for the issues that matter most to the people of Illinois’ 17th Congressional District. Building on her work from 2013, she continued to make the economy of […]
Bustos Applauds Senate Passage Of IPACE Bill, Urges House To Take Action
Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) applauded the Senate’s passage of the Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act (IPACE Act), the companion version of bipartisan legislation introduced by Bustos in November of 2013 to curb improper government payments to deceased individuals. Following Senate passage, Bustos called on her colleagues in the House to take action to […]
Bustos Renews Call For Action On IPACE Act Following New Report Of $100 Billion In Misspent Tax Dollars
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, following a recent report that showed the government made $100 billion in improper payments last year alone, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) reiterated her call for Congress to pass her bipartisan bill to curb improper payments and save the government from wastefully spending billions of dollars in taxpayer money each year. “This […]
Long Overdue Action to Protect Taxpayer Money
Every year, report after report is cranked out concluding the same thing – too many federal government programs are inefficient, costly, ineffective or all of the above. And yet, year after year, these conclusions are largely ignored. As a consequence, billions of dollars are wasted while many programs continue to operate without concrete goals or […]