Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has refocused Congress’ attention on energy and climate legislation. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...
(June 4, 2010) This week’s Memorial Day Congressional recess gave us a chance to peer under the lid of the House defense authorization...
Taxpayers for Common Sense and the Center for Responsive Politics have joined to release a comprehensive database that links campaign...
Created in Title 17 of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program has received increased scrutiny with the default of a loan guarantee to the solar start-up company, Solyndra....
Introduction
Earmarks have received a lot of attention in the media, in Congress, and around the water cooler. But despite the interest...
Preliminary disclosed earmark totals for the FY10 Omnibus:
Transportation/HUD:
1481
worth $1.207...
For decades, hardrock mining companies have benefited from generous tax breaks at the expense of taxpayers, all the while extracting...
(October 30) President Obama signed a $680 billion defense authorization bill this week—the largest such bill ever—with a declaration...
One of the most interesting—and neglected—sections of the annual defense authorization bill steers annual contracting policy both for DOD...
(October 21) Congress handed off a $42.8 billion appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security through fiscal year 2010...
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Volume XVIII No. 37
Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...
July 11, 2013