CAGW, Birmingham decided in 1999 that the monument did not need an overhaul.

ECONOMIST: Congress and the surplus

Not entirely so, says CAGW's Williams: "It really is amazing--when the earmarks break down, it breaks down along who's an appropriator and who isn't, " not simply along party lines.

FORBES: A Rumble In Washington

"I think they are going to pass some sort of legislation that opens up the transparency of the process, " says David Williams, vice president of policy for Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), a nonpartisan group in Washington that tracks excess spending.

FORBES: A Rumble In Washington