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Senate Climate Bill Loads up Taxpayer Giveaways

May 11, 2010 | Energy

Today Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) will release their long awaited climate legislation, the American Power Act.... Read More

North Shore Road: Final Agreement a Win for Taxpayers

February 10, 2010 | Transportation & Infrastructure

An agreement was signed this week that settles a long-standing dispute about what to do with the North Shore Road in the Great Smoky... Read More

2010 Defense Budget Winners and Losers

January 29, 2010 | National Security

The day last April when Defense Secretary Robert Gates revealed the Defense Department’s 2010 budget has become known as “Black Monday.”... Read More

Obama to Contractors: Don’t Cheat Uncle Sam

January 22, 2010 | National Security , Natural Resources

It was payback time for President Obama this week when he threw down the gauntlet to tax-dodging contractors.Taxpayers pay contractors... Read More

MilCon, VA and State Department Funding in Omnibus

December 11, 2009 | National Security

The House of Representatives drove home a $447 billion omnibus spending bill yesterday loaded with six of the seven appropriations bills... Read More

Contractor Accountability Legislation in Defense Authorization

October 21, 2009 | National Security

One of the most interesting—and neglected—sections of the annual defense authorization bill steers annual contracting policy both for DOD... Read More

UPDATE: Congress Passes Final $42.8 DHS Approps Bill

October 21, 2009 | National Security

(October 21) Congress handed off a $42.8 billion appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security through fiscal year 2010... Read More

Congress Sends $106 Billion Supplemental to President

June 25, 2009 | National Security

(June 26) We found 13 undisclosed earmarks worth $1.35 billion in the supplemental, including $904 million for seven C-130J aircraft,... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: General Motors

June 01, 2009 | Budget & Tax

On June 1st GM filed for bankruptcy protection in order to reorganize. Under the proceeding the company will receive access to an... Read More

Fact Sheet: Border Fence Costs Out of Bounds

April 26, 2009 | National Security

Congress mandated the constuction of hundreds of miles of fencing along our Southern border in 2006 without any real knowledge of its... Read More

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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