Last week taxpayers spent roughly $100 million on Congress. Did you get your money’s worth?

The Financial Edge blog, a project of Investopedia, released a list of their favorite – or, least favorite – ways government wastes taxpayer money. Here are the unlucky seven.

Today, the Washington Examiner reported that the federal government sent out $115 billion dollars in over payments.

Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) have introduced a permanent earmark ban as an amendment to an insider-trading bill.

Late last week, the President announced a plan to merge six trade and commerce agencies in an effort to reduce duplicative work and reduce costs.