Policy Briefs
Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
Reports & Data
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
Won’t Get Duped Again
March 04, 2011 |
We’re going to assign some required reading for lawmakers searching for money-saving ideas as they tackle the upcoming budget bills. The... 
Shutdown Shenanigans
February 25, 2011 |
House and Senate majorities are engaged in a game of budgetary chicken, hurtling the federal government toward a possible shutdown in a...
High Reward From Targeting High Risk
February 18, 2011 |
When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton supposedly observed “because that’s where the money is.” Not a bad maxim, and for a...
Butcher Block Budgeting
February 11, 2011 |
More than a third of the way through fiscal year 2011, and we’re finally getting to the end game on finalizing the federal spending...
Payback Time
February 04, 2011 |
Now that the sale of American weapons to foreign governments is in the news again, we’re reminded of the billions of dollars taxpayers...
The Big Budget Chill
January 28, 2011 |
Considering all the talk about freezes around town, you would think we were having a record cold snap in D.C. Instead it’s a flurry of...
Heckling the Budget Ref
January 20, 2011 |
Everybody knows that for competitive sports to be fair, you have to have an impartial referee. Couple that with the notion that politics...
50 Years of the Ike “Complex”
January 14, 2011 |
Monday will mark the 50th anniversary of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s unfortunately prescient and unheeded warning to the American...
Budget Cut Smorgasbord
January 07, 2011 |
The new House Republican majority has talked a lot about cutting spending. General comments like: rolling spending back to fiscal year...
Appropriating the Appropriations Committee
December 23, 2010 |
With 60 members, the House Appropriations Committee has been one of the largest committees in Congress and one of the most coveted...
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