Mascot mess: Ernst challenges federal agencies to nix their dress-up characters
The Philly Phanatic, the big green dress-up mascot for Philadelphia’s pro baseball team, is world-famous. D.C. has its racing presidents. But did the Border Patrol really need its own dress-up mascot, ...
Ernst introduces bill to end ‘wasteful spending’ on government ads and mascots
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced a bill to end “wasteful spending” on government ads, mascots, and related subjects. Ernst’s Stop Wasteful Advertising by the Government, or SWAG, Act aims to stop ...