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
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...
(Originally published June 8, 2012)
With debate on the 2012 Farm Bill underway on the Senate Floor, proponents of this nearly trillion...
Congress continues to meet behind closed doors in a Conference Committee to hash out the details of a transportation bill...
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Mica (R-FL) introduced H.R. 4239 yesterday; a “clean” extension to the...
(February 8, 2012 | 3:00 p.m.)
Below is a chart detailing the number of projects that receive funding in the Corps 2012 Work Plan that...
The nation’s transportation system — highways, transit lines, aviation, waterways, and ports — is largely supported by a series of...
House and Senate negotiators have released a final version of the so-called "mini-bus" appropriations bill that will roll three funding...
The Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) was adopted by Congress in 1998 to leverage federal resources and...
The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) is the largest subsidy to corn ethanol, the most common biofuel in the U.S. The tax...
In keeping with President Obama’s call to end fossil fuel subsidies, the latest budget proposal includes several significant cuts to oil,...
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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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