Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
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November 29, 2012
The federal government does not know the value of hardrock minerals being extracted from public lands, a new report by the Government...
The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a hearing November 30th to discuss the development...
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Congress, the administration, and the punditry at large have been bemoaning the federal government’s fiscal situation....
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that even after this year’s drought, farm profits are on pace to...
We love to remind people that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is the world’s largest bureaucracy, employing more than the world’s...
“It turns out acquisition reform is hard,” said Undersecretary of Defense Frank Kendall at yesterday’s rollout of the Defense...
The House Committee on Rules decided yesterday to sideline an amendment offered by Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA) to stop all new...
The transportation bill proposed by the Senate outspends gas tax revenues by approximately $14 billion....
Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the so-called “No More Solyndras Act.” While the bill includes some taxpayer...
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power voted 14-6 Wednesday to send the “No More Solyndras Act” to the full...
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While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...
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