News | U.S. Senator Joni Ernst

WASHINGTON—On Presidents’ Day, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), known as the Senate’s leading foe of government waste, is pushing two of her bills to protect...

February 01, 2022

February 2022 Squeal Award: CRACK-ing Down on the Biden Administration’s Taxpayer-Funded Crack Kit Scheme

January 03, 2022

January 2022 Squeal Award: Paying Afghan Terrorists with Our Tax Dollars to Protect Insects? Under Joe Biden, That’s the Deal.

December 01, 2021

May 2023 Squeal Award - Should the federal government keep track of your tax dollars spent in China and Russia?

Ernst looks to rein in bloated federal projects, proposes bill targeting Biden’s ‘reverse Midas touch’

April 2023 Squeal Award - All aboard! Taxpayers are being taken for a ride on the Biden Boondoggle Express.

March 2023 Squeal Award - You Paid Pigs to Play Video Games.

February Squeal Award - Why Is China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology Still Eligible to Receive U.S. Taxpayer Dollars for Batty Experiments?

January 2023 Squeal Award - Fraudsters Within the Federal Workforce Double Dipping on the Dole While on the Unemployment Roll

December 2022 Squeal Award - Warning! Sharing This Could Place You on Washington’s Naughty List

November 2022 Squeal Award - Price Check! Bidenomics’ Hidden Costs and Surprise Fees Are Adding Up

October 2022 Squeal Award - Taxpayers Haunted by Washington’s Spooky Spending on Tricks and Treats

September 2022 Squeal Award - The ultimate beneficiary of U.S. taxpayer-funded research is… (this may shock you or maybe it won’t)

August 2022 Squeal Award - Ernst: Audit the IRS!

July 2022 Squeal Award: As it turns out, John Kerry, the “Climate Czar,” is full of hot air… 325 metric tons of it!

June 2022 Squeal Award: The Purple Line to Nowhere…

May Squeal Award: Washington Keeps Billing Taxpayers for a Border Wall, So Let’s Build It!

April 2022 Squeal Award: Every Survivor Counts and Needs to be Counted.

March 2022 Squeal Award - Who let the dogs out?

On Presidents’ Day, Ernst Pushes Bills to End Taxpayer Funded Presidential Campaigns, Cap Presidential Perks

February 2022 Squeal Award: CRACK-ing Down on the Biden Administration’s Taxpayer-Funded Crack Kit Scheme

January 2022 Squeal Award: Paying Afghan Terrorists with Our Tax Dollars to Protect Insects? Under Joe Biden, That’s the Deal.

December 2021 Squeal Award - Washington's Holiday Grift List