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
Doomsday Debt Clock
July 21, 2011 |
Eleven days and counting. Then the debt ceiling clock strikes midnight and the federal budget turns into a pumpkin. Bottom line is the... 
Bombers Away
July 14, 2011 |
Anyone following the House of Representatives' recent debate over defense spending could be forgiven for thinking defense has fallen off...
Debt Limit Double Talk
July 07, 2011 |
The President and Congressional Republicans have been throwing down gauntlets for weeks over the debt limit vote. Demands are flying: No...
Panetta’s Proving Ground
June 29, 2011 |
Defense Secretary Robert Gates will fly away from the Pentagon today leaving behind a position that his former boss, President George W....
Popping the Gas Balloon
June 23, 2011 |
Momentum is a powerful legislative force – once a bill starts swirling the bowl, it’s only a matter of time before it goes down. More...
Surveying Spending
June 16, 2011 |
Washington’s in the thick of its summer spending season. You can be forgiven if it feels like we just finished the painful process of...
Repair Priorities
June 09, 2011 |
Anybody that’s owned a house knows that keeping up with the maintenance is critical. Patching a small hole in the roof now is a heck of a...
Just Say No to Ethanol
June 02, 2011 |
A long-standing axiom for Presidential aspirants has been to kiss the ring of ethanol if you want to have any chance of doing well in the...
Defending Earmarks
May 26, 2011 |
As earmark moratoria fever swept across the Capitol a few months ago, we applauded, and promised to keep a watchful eye on what...
Running on Fumes
May 19, 2011 |
The nation’s surface transportation system is – pun very much intended – running on fumes. One in nine of our bridges is structurally...
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