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Department of Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Program

August 29, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Energy , Transportation & Infrastructure

Department of Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Program Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) authorized the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles... Read More

Taxpayer Supports for Biomass in Federal Farm Bill

August 28, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Agriculture , Energy

Taxpayer Supports for Biomass in Federal Farm Bill For years, proponents of bioenergy and biofuels promised that the industry would help reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels, decrease... Read More

Current Agricultural Policy’s Effects on Water Quality

August 21, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Agriculture

Current Agricultural Policy’s Effects on Water Quality For more than 75 years, market-distorting agricultural subsidies have produced numerous unintended consequences that have degraded water... Read More

Supporting Passenger Mobility and Choice by Breaking Modal Stovepipes: Comparing Amtrak and Motorcoach Service

July 30, 2013 | Reports & Data | Transportation & Infrastructure

Supporting Passenger Mobility and Choice by Breaking Modal Stovepipes: Comparing Amtrak and Motorcoach Service This analysis compares customer costs (fare, travel time) and societal costs (government subsidies, air emissions) associated with twenty specific trips that can currently be taken between select U.S. city pairs on both an Amtrak train and on a scheduled intercity motorcoach bus.... Read More

Small Modular Reactors: Federal Subsidies for Mini Nukes

July 23, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Small Modular Reactors: Federal Subsidies for Mini Nukes The Department of Energy (DOE) is asking Congress to provide $452 million in taxpayer subsidies to help license up to two experimental... Read More

Federal Subsidies for the United States Enrichment Corporation

July 08, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Federal Subsidies for the United States Enrichment Corporation The United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) was established in 1992 as a wholly-owned federal entity until it was privatized in 1998.... Read More

DOE Loan Guarantee Program: Vogtle Reactors 3&4

July 02, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Energy

DOE Loan Guarantee Program: Vogtle Reactors 3&4 In February 2010, the Department of Energy (DOE) conditionally offered Southern Company and its partners a total of $8.33 billion in... Read More

Golden Fleece: KABATA - Taxpayer Funded Cheerleaders for Alaska’s Knik Arm Bridge

June 26, 2013 | Awards | Transportation & Infrastructure

Golden Fleece: KABATA - Taxpayer Funded Cheerleaders for Alaska’s Knik Arm Bridge Summary Over the last decade, the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority (KABATA) spent millions of federal taxpayer dollars on a project... Read More

Impact of Ag Subsidies and Record Farm Profits in Farm Country

June 18, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Agriculture

Impact of Ag Subsidies and Record Farm Profits in Farm Country Despite last year’s drought, the agriculture sector recorded its second highest year of profits in a generation, down just three percent... Read More

Achieving Measurable Outcomes in Agricultural Conservation Programs

June 14, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Agriculture

Achieving Measurable Outcomes in Agricultural Conservation Programs All federal agricultural programs – including conservation programs - should prove that they are achieving measurable outcomes that... Read More

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September 13, 2013

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters... Read More