Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
At Monday’s unveiling of major weapons cuts in the 2010 defense budget, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he hoped members of Congress...
Though the topline numbers in the Obama administration’s national security budget for 2010 may not make headlines, there’s a lot of...
A friend of Taxpayers for Common Sense in Maine just alerted us to something very interesting. Tonight, National Geographic is going to...
Despite energetic lobbying by the defense industry (and some lawmakers) the $825 billion stimulus bill now emerging from committee...
Of all the industries in line for a handout in this financially frightening time, the defense industry would seem to bring up the rear....
Just in time for a new war funding request to hit Capitol Hill, a trio of recently released documents recall just how badly the Pentagon...
Last week we told you about a congressman’s efforts to feed the already overstuffed Army modernization program called Future Combat...
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates fired a preemptive strike against potential cuts to the U.S. nuclear weapons program this week by...
The President today signed the 2009 Defense Authorization bill. While the levels of earmarks are down significantly from previous years,...
The Treasury Department today released interim policies on hiring contractors to manage the bailout and to handle potential conflicts of...
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Volume XVIII No. 37
Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...
July 11, 2013