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Emergency Supplemental Bill - Take 1

June 19, 2008 | National Security

The supplemental appropriations bill funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan got fast-tracked through the House yesterday in preparation... Read More

Fencing in DHS Spending

June 12, 2008 | National Security

Big week on Capitol Hill for the Department of Homeland Security. On Monday, Secretary Michael Chertoff touted his agency's achievements... Read More

House Defense Authorization Earmarks Jump From Last Year

A bill recently passed by the House increases the number of Defense Authorization earmarks by more than 20% from last year, according to... Read More

$9.9 Billion in House Authorization Add-Ons

May 21, 2008 | National Security

The 2009 defense authorization bill headed for the House floor this week has already raised a ruckus over earmarks, and there’s a lot to... Read More

$5.2 Billion in Senate Authorization Additions

May 13, 2008 | National Security

While the House Armed Services Committee marks up the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act, TCS staff is scouring the report just... Read More

Institutionalizing JIEDDO

March 12, 2008 | National Security

As November draws closer, an increasing number of overpriced defense programs are running for cover in the Defense Department budget,... Read More

Boeingメs Tanker Tariffs

March 04, 2008 | National Security

Boeing’s loss of the tanker aircraft contract to Northrop Grumman and EADS North America last week represents much more than the contract’s... Read More

Border Security Under Scrutiny

February 04, 2008 | Budget & Tax , National Security

SBInet, the DHS program tasked with providing the fence’s technological elements such as cameras and sensors, received $775 million. Though... Read More

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership/Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative

February 04, 2008 | Budget & Tax , National Security

Feb. 4, 4:50 p.m. -- The administration is proposing $123 million more than Congress enacted in FY2008 for the Global Nuclear Energy... Read More

Golden Fleece Award

From surfing subsidies to the Great Wall of Bedford, Indiana, Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire’s Golden Fleece Award protected... Read More

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Weekly Wastebasket

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More