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With Agriculture Disaster Aid Congress Pays Now, Hopes to Save Later

August 01, 2012 | Policy Brief | Agriculture

With Agriculture Disaster Aid Congress Pays Now, Hopes to Save Later Citing record drought conditions throughout the country, the House is debating today legislation to retroactively extend four... Read More

Taxpayers Lose with More Unnecessary Farm Subsidy Layers

July 26, 2012 | Policy Brief | Agriculture

Taxpayers Lose with More  Unnecessary Farm Subsidy Layers Federal farm programs are ripe for reform, especially those that lock in record high prices and guarantee farmers’ expected income. As... Read More

Coal Industry Profits

July 26, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Energy , Natural Resources

Coal Industry Profits For centuries the federal government has been in the business of providing billions in subsidies to coal companies in order to ensure... Read More

Turning a Drought into a Fiscal Disaster

July 24, 2012 | Policy Brief | Agriculture

Turning a Drought into a Fiscal Disaster Politicians on both sides of the aisle are trying to take advantage of the drought crisis to foist a trillion-dollar farm bill on... Read More

Zombie Earmarks in Defense Spending Bill

July 15, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

Zombie Earmarks in Defense Spending Bill The Fiscal Year 2013 defense spending bill heading to the House floor Wednesday is a lesson in why it’s so hard to cut defense spending... Read More

House Farm Bill Draft Analysis: Squanders Savings, Recycles Wasteful Ideas, and Creates New Subsidy Entitlement Programs

July 05, 2012 | Policy Brief | Agriculture

House Farm Bill Draft Analysis: Squanders Savings, Recycles Wasteful  Ideas, and Creates New Subsidy Entitlement Programs Yesterday, the House Agriculture Committee released its 2012 Farm Bill draft which eliminates some wasteful commodity programs but... Read More

Senate’s New Way to Lock in Unlimited Farm Subsidies

July 04, 2012 | Policy Brief | Agriculture

On June 21, the Senate passed a few long-awaited reforms to the farm subsidy maze. Unfortunately, at the same time, they also increased... Read More

Congress Relies on Billions from Treasury in Transportation Reauthorization

June 27, 2012 | Policy Brief | Transportation & Infrastructure

A quick note: This analysis is based upon best available data at the time it was written. As of this posting (6:20pm), the final... Read More

MOX Misses the Mark

June 19, 2012 > Updated: April 09, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Energy , National Security

MOX Misses the Mark Despite the ever-increasing price tag, incessant delays in progress, and known safety risks, the Department of Energy continues to pour federal subsidies into the Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) program year after year. ... Read More

Federal-Free Risk Management in Agriculture

June 18, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Agriculture

Federal-Free Risk Management in Agriculture Like all businesses, agricultural producers face a number of risks in maintaining a profitable enterprise. Successful management of these... 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