Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
Update January 10, 2013:
We’ve combed through the House Appropriations Chairman Rogers Sandy Supplemental bill (HR 152 and his...
The final agreement signed by the president to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” contains several items related to transportation that...
A basic primer on the Green Scissors campaign and answers general questions about the history and goals of the coalition....
In the summer of 2011, Congress sent the President a bill that acknowledged failure. Instead of swallowing hard and coming up with...
The just-passed MAP-21 (transportation omnibus) is paid for! It reduces the debt over 10 years!
By $16.3 billion,if CBO is to be...
Taxpayers for Common Sense awarded the Golden Fleece to Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) for introducing H.R. 4342, the WAVE4 Act. This legislation would codify recommendations made by barge operators to increase the federal subsidy for inland waterway construction projects on the nation's rivers....
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...
Congress continues to meet behind closed doors in a Conference Committee to hash out the details of a transportation bill...
In response to growing public opposition, questionable project merit, and an increasingly bloated cost, the California High Speed Rail...
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Mica (R-FL) introduced H.R. 4239 yesterday; a “clean” extension to the...
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While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...
December 17, 2012
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