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President Obama came out swinging yesterday, issuing the first veto threat of his presidency to tackle a congressional sacred cow...
Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources completed work on the American Clean Energy Leadership Act (ACELA), passing...
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An independent cost estimate puts the price tag for the Knik Arm Crossing—a.k.a. Don Young’s Way—in Anchorage, Alaska at $686 million...
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has just released its second report on the progress of the Treasury Department’s in...
A friend of Taxpayers for Common Sense in Maine just alerted us to something very interesting. Tonight, National Geographic is going to...
The House of Representatives is expected Wednesday to vote on an economic stimulus package, H.R. 1, the ‘‘American Recovery and...
Despite energetic lobbying by the defense industry (and some lawmakers) the $825 billion stimulus bill now emerging from committee...
This morning, The New York Times published an excellent story about some of the problems with the financial sector bailout – the Troubled...
Of all the industries in line for a handout in this financially frightening time, the defense industry would seem to bring up the rear....
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While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...
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