the documents here show who mike synar is. they show who his staff are. we have gotten to know his staff over the years as well. thing synar was known for is this case under the reagan , administration, congress passed this act that ceded power from the controller general to cut the budget if congress wasn't able to meet certain goals they wanted to make. congress, as we know isn't good , about cutting spending. this act ceded power to the comptroller. synar thought this was wrong. he said this was wrong. congress should be the one to cut the budget. we shouldn't see the powers to somebody else. he sued the government. bowser was the comptroller and synar was the one suing the government. this banner here, "good like mike" is from one of his staffers. this was given to him when the trial was going on. this shows a bit of his personality, the personality of his staff. there are some members of congress that people may not be as excited to work for, and everyone liked working for mike. this picture here, these are the people who worked on the case. in the ba