The out-of-control spending spree in Washington is facing its first real obstacle in the Senate. The past few months have been dominated by party line votes that saw liberals leveraging their respective majorities to pass monstrous tax burdens on future generations to satiate their appetite for your money. However, their coalition appears to be cracking. The omnibus is having a hard time passing the upper chamber.

Senator Tom Coburn has released an end of the year report profiling some of the most egregious examples of wasteful government spending. As we continue to hear a clamor for bigger government and more spending to stimulate the economy, take a look at what your government spent your hard-earned tax dollars on this year. The spending problem extends far beyond earmarks. It reaches into programs and departments across government in the form of wasteful grants, contracts and agreements that receive little notice. Whatever the form of government waste, it is clear that there is plenty of room to trim the federal budget. The list below is a short summary of the report and contains only a few of my favorite examples. Click here to read the whole report.