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Pessimistic DOD Prepares for the Worst

January 11, 2013 | The Fiscal Times | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pessimistically announced Thursday that the DOD has “no other choice but to prepare for the worst,” and plans... Read More

Morning Transportation

January 11, 2013 | Politico | Earmarks & Appropriations

GET ‘EM IN THIS WEEK: The House Rules Committee has set a deadline of 4 p.m. Friday for amendments to the Hurricane Sandy storm aid bill... Read More

Roof repairs, FBI salaries, and more—all part of disaster relief bill, group says

January 11, 2013 | Planet Washington (McClatchy Newspapers) | Earmarks & Appropriations

Not everything in the disaster relief bill, aimed at helping victims of this fall's Superstorm Sandy, relates to the storm. "The upshot is... Read More

Will HUD, Amtrak, Ohio get in on Hurricane Sandy relief action?

January 11, 2013 | The Plain Dealer | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress don't want to appear insensitive (again) to the post-disaster needs of New Jersey and New York. Their... Read More

Byron York: Defense spending can and should be cut—in the right way

January 11, 2013 | The Washington Examiner | National Security

Republicans, and many Democrats, are upset by the prospect of so-called sequestration cuts to the nation's defense budget. Pentagon chief... Read More

House Goes Senate One Better with Pork Laden Sandy Bill

January 11, 2013 | The Fiscal Times | Earmarks & Appropriations

House Republicans last week blasted Senate Democrats for filling the fiscal cliff deal with pet projects and pork barrel spending. That... Read More

Group says Sandy bill would finance unrelated projects

January 11, 2013 | USA Today | Earmarks & Appropriations

WASHINGTON – A taxpayer group has found plenty to criticize in legislation that would spend $51 billion helping victims of Superstorm... Read More

For a lesson on Washington, examine tax breaks in fiscal cliff law

January 10, 2013 | Tampa Bay Times (AP) | Budget & Tax

WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson said his vote was a vote for the average guy. So did Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan of... Read More

Solving the Fiscal Impasse Starts and Ends at the Pentagon

January 10, 2013 | Roll Call | National Security

As Afghan President Hamid Karzai returns to the United States this week, he will meet President Barack Obama at a time when the overwhelming... Read More

Aid effort gets fishy

January 09, 2013 | New York Post | Earmarks & Appropriations

WASHINGTON — The bid to pass Hurricane Sandy aid could hit a snag over the controversial provision to insert $150 million for fisheries as... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More