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The Appropriations Clause: A History of the Constitution’s (As of Yet) Underused Clause.

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“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.”  ~ARTICLE I, SECTION 9, CLAUSE 7, UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION Table of Contents I. Introduction    A. Appropriations Clause    B. Permanent…

The Kelly O’Meara Collection

The Kelly O’Meara Collection

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“Without ever using the word ‘money,’ a practice common among inspectors general (IGs), the deputy IG at the Pentagon read an eight-page summary of DOD fiduciary failures.” ~ Kelly O’Meara, 2001 Kelly Patricia O’Meara was the original reporter to break the Missing Money story! Did you ever see the 9/11 testimony when Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney…

The Black Budget: The Crossroads of (Un)Constitutional Appropriations and Reporting

The Black Budget: The Crossroads of (Un)Constitutional Appropriations and Reporting

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The $52.6 billion “black budget” for fiscal 2013, obtained by The Washington Post from former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, maps a bureaucratic and operational landscape that has never been subject to public scrutiny. Although the government has annually released its overall level of intelligence spending since 2007, it has not divulged how it uses the…