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[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

How can you tell if a member of Congress is truly pro-oversight?

Look no further!

Here are eight constitutional principles every member of Congress should embrace to strengthen oversight, accountability, and checks and balances:
https://t.co/jStU3eDXtq

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

The Trump administration is trying to use pocket rescissions to take back nearly a billion dollars that Congress already appropriated.

This is yet another attack on the legislative branch's spending powers.

Congress has to do everything it can to reclaim that power.

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

You want your members of Congress to be pro-oversight.

That's why we put together a guide on exactly what members should do to strengthen accountability.

Use it to demand that your representatives do everything they can to strengthen checks & balances:
https://t.co/jStU3eDXtq

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

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[POGO Investigates @POGOinvestigate]

As the nonpartisan news reporting division of @POGOwatchdog, we follow the money, uncover wrongdoing, and push for a government that works in the public interest.

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

Trump said “nobody cared” about him making lucrative business deals while holding his public position.

Well we care.

And Congress needs to care too.

Tell them to close the gaps in our ethics laws and to hold President Trump accountable.
https://t.co/B75FbSDA5S

[Virginia Burger @virginiajburger]

Hegseth told Coons "everything our troops need on the battlefield, they're getting in spades" Is the military about to grind to a halt from lack of funds or not? The inconsistencies in messaging around funding requests are creating a denser fog of war than in the Strait of Hormuz

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

What tackling fraud really requires is a commitment to oversight and accountability systems, not performative outrage. @Veritas_DHG spoke to Congress about this yesterday:

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

Reconciliation was never meant to be a replacement for responsible budgeting.

But once again, Congress is using it to avoid making tough decisions. $95B in new deficit spending isn’t a solution — it’s a failure of accountability.

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

Rep. Bennie Thompson is demanding DHS cancel a $915 million self-deportation contract after reporting from POGO and @motherjones exposed how it was awarded. https://t.co/e2RczYhKTt

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

Trump said “nobody cared” about his family’s business dealings while in office. He was wrong.

We care. You care. When presidential conflicts of interest and weak ethics laws collide, corruption risks go unnoticed and unaddressed.

https://t.co/njw7yTZQuJ

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

The best way to celebrate our republic isn't fireworks. It's by doing the work— the work to push for better oversight and more accountability. https://t.co/L2AYMCR0DM

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

The Declaration of Independence is basically America's first oversight report: 27 documented abuses of power by a ruler who answered to no one.

Here are a few still on the table in 2026. 🧵

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

NEW: Judge Emmet Sullivan says DOJ effectively conceded that it violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act by redacting key details about alleged Epstien co-conspirators, FBI notes about a Trump allegation and other details.

w/ @joshgerstein

https://t.co/Hrrjo0t5ED

[Tim Farnsworth @TimFarnsworth]

Either way, it doesn’t change the fact that Congress has voted more to stop the war in Iran than voted to authorize the war in Iran. #warpowers https://t.co/HNQWYxQcYI

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

The Constitution is crystal clear: No president gets a blank check to unilaterally wage war.

The Senate joined the House in a massive bipartisan victory for accountability. Now, lawmakers must stand ready to hold the line.

Read our statement: https://t.co/udlQ1W9Umw

[Meredith Lee Hill @meredithllee]

pretty blunt pushback from GOP Rep. Eric Burlison as Hegseth is on the Hill this week pressing for hundreds of billions of $ for Iran war and military spending >

Burlison is among the front-runners to be the next Freedom Caucus chair

[Ben Freeman @BenFreemanDC]

That's $49 billion more than the last Pentagon estimate of Iran war costs. And it would be on top of the $1.5 trillion the President has already requested for the Pentagon.

This should be a non-starter for Congress.

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

ICYMI:

Our investigation from last month into how ICE's top detention contractor donated $250K to a group linked to Representative Jim Jordan ⬇️ https://t.co/QKKItixD3B

[Taxpayers for Common Sense @taxpayers]

Thanks to @LeoShane & @connorobrienNH for highlighting this in @POLITICOPro’s Morning Defense newsletter!