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Mini-nuclear plants the next frontier of US power supply—or the next Solyndra?

July 31, 2013 | FOX Business | Energy

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com A boon to the economy? Or a boondoggle? That's the debate raging over a new nuclear technology... Read More

Tax Reform Is Too Important For Secrecy and Backroom Deals

July 31, 2013 | U.S. News & World Report | Budget & Tax

At Taxpayers for Common Sense, were thrilled when Sens. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, announced that the Senate Finance... Read More

Tax reform secrecy plan blasted

July 30, 2013 | CNN | Budget & Tax

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) A Senate committee's decision to keep tax reform proposals secret for 50 years has drawn strong objections and calls for... Read More

Stem the wealthy’s sweet flood-insurance deal

July 29, 2013 | The Post and Courier | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Tucked into the Department of Homeland Security spending bill the Senate Appropriations Committee approved recently is a nefarious provision... Read More

Truth-O-Meter: Obama says deficit is falling at the fastest rate in 60 years

July 29, 2013 | PolitiFact | Budget & Tax

President Barack Obama aimed to refocus the national debate and put the economy front and center with a speech at Knox College in Illinois.... Read More

Our Secretive Senate

July 29, 2013 | Tax Analysts | Budget & Tax

Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus, a Democrat from Montana, wants to reform our tax system, and he wants it badly. His Senate career... Read More

Rep. Ted Yoho entangled in dispute over farm bill

July 29, 2013 | Gainesville Sun | Agriculture

The farm bill making its way through Congress includes a significant change — away from direct payments and toward crop insurance — in the... Read More

Rising flood insurance rates a growing fear in Lowcountry

July 29, 2013 | The Post and Courier | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Michael Sally, who works in the real estate business, went on a road trip in May. His destination: Washington, D.C. The purpose: to hear... Read More

The big insurance gamble for farmers and taxpayers

July 29, 2013 | Ocala Star Banner | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

For the past 46 years Richard Barber has coaxed peanuts from the earth in western Marion County, but it wasn't until last year that for the... Read More

Conservative Groups Urge Open Rule on Defense Appropriations

July 26, 2013 | Congressional Quarterly News | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

Conservative groups and budget watchdogs on Monday urged House Republican leaders to abandon a plan to limit debate on the largest annual... Read More

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September 13, 2013

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters... Read More