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
Fiscal Cliff Jumping
September 21, 2012 |
Like a budgetary asteroid heading for earth, the post-election harbinger of doom is the so-called fiscal cliff where the 2001 and 2003... 
Defense Doublespeak
September 13, 2012 |
If irony is a crucial ingredient to comedy, the House of Representatives was a laugh riot this week thanks to some serious silliness about sequestration and defense spending....
The Even “More” Solyndras Act
September 07, 2012 |
This bill claims to save taxpayers from more losses like the now infamous Solyndra, but like most political rhetoric, it over promises and under delivers....
Drought Yields Dollars
August 30, 2012 |
Politicians on both sides of the aisle are planning on shamelessly taking advantage of the crippling drought to stick taxpayers with a...
Solutions, the Real Red Meat
August 23, 2012 |
The Republican National Convention starts next week and the Democratic National Convention follows shortly after. There will be a lot of...
Back in BRAC
August 16, 2012 |
Telling residents of military towns that the U.S. needs to close more bases is probably not a fun job. Yet that’s what Defense Secretary...
Taxing the Emperor’s New Clothes
August 09, 2012 |
Every couple of years lawmakers pass the budgetary equivalent of Spanx. Known as the tax extenders package, this legislation has more...
Hurry Up and Do Nothing
August 02, 2012 |
It’s August in an election year, which means DC is a ghost town. In spite of a long list of unfinished business and a lackluster economy,...
Making it Rain
July 26, 2012 |
With much of farm country baking, some lawmakers in Washington see the record-setting drought as a perfect opportunity to make tax...
Closing the Tariff Bill Buffet
July 19, 2012 |
The MTB is the most popular bill you’ve never heard of. The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) is a compendium of more than two thousand...
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