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Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals

December 17, 2012 > Updated: January 10, 2013 | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals Update January 10, 2013: We’ve combed through the House Appropriations Chairman Rogers Sandy Supplemental bill (HR 152 and his... Read More

Transportation Tax Provisions within Fiscal Cliff Deal

January 03, 2013 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation Tax Provisions within Fiscal Cliff Deal The final agreement signed by the president to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” contains several items related to transportation that... Read More

Energy Tax Breaks Catch Ride on Fiscal Cliff Train

January 03, 2013 | Energy

Energy Tax Breaks Catch Ride on Fiscal Cliff Train At the 11th hour lawmakers and the White House agreed to a deal on the fiscal cliff. While the deal was crafted to address urgent tax... Read More

Fiscal Cliff Fix

December 05, 2012 | Budget & Tax

Fiscal Cliff Fix Congress and the President do not need to plunge taxpayers off a “Fiscal Cliff”. Common sense solutions can make government work and put the country on sound footing to deal with our deficits and debt.... Read More

Congress’ Tortured Math in MAP-21 (Trans. Reauthorization)

September 27, 2012 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Congress’ Tortured Math in MAP-21 (Trans. Reauthorization) 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... Read More

Analysis of FY13 Continuing Resolution: Special Carve-outs

September 10, 2012 | Energy , National Security

H.J. Res. 117 — Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 was released this morning (9/11/2012). TCS staff will be posting relevant documents and analysis as we digest this proposal over the coming days.... Read More

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

August 01, 2012 | Agriculture

Citing record drought conditions throughout the country, the House is debating today legislation to retroactively extend four... Read More

Turning a Drought into a Fiscal Disaster

July 24, 2012 | 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

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

July 05, 2012 | Agriculture

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 | 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

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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