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U.S. House rejects bid to kill Piketon project

July 23, 2013 | The Columbus Dispatch | Earmarks & Appropriations , Energy

WASHINGTON — The House yesterday overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to strip $48 million from a proposed uranium centrifuge in Piketon, Ohio... Read More

Farm bill: Divided

July 23, 2013 | North Platte Bulletin | Agriculture

Concerned about ever-increasing federal food stamp spending and the incentives it affords to the poor, conservatives in the House of... Read More

Program promoting U.S.-grown foods divides California Republicans

July 23, 2013 | Los Angeles Times | Agriculture

WASHINGTON — In this era of federal austerity, appetites are souring over spending taxpayer money on dinner parties in India featuring... Read More

Vogtle reactors mean more clean energy

July 23, 2013 | Calhoun Times | Energy

The City of Calhoun Electric Utilities receives the majority of its power from nuclear power. During the city council meeting on Monday,... Read More

RYAN ALEXANDER: House farm bill worsens government waste

July 23, 2013 | San Angelo Standard Times | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

SAN ANGELO, Texas — Remember when the House rejected a trillion-dollar version of the farm bill a month ago? I predicted the subsidy... Read More

Conservative groups push Republican leaders to open up Defense bill

A group of 11 conservative organizations are calling on Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to keep the Defense Appropriations bill open to all... Read More

How to Achieve Real Farm Bill Reform

July 17, 2013 | U.S. News & World Report | Agriculture

A lot has been written about the initial failure of the farm bill to pass the House of Representatives in June, and the passage last week of... Read More

GOP’s cruel intentions

July 16, 2013 | The Hill | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Last week, we saw the full measure of Republican cruelty. Discarding decades of precedent, the House GOP stripped the nation’s food stamp... Read More

Flood insurance changes hit resistance, face delay as premiums are due to spike

July 16, 2013 | Associated Press | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Hundreds of thousands of homeowners facing higher federal flood insurance premiums under reforms passed last year would win a temporary... Read More

Flood Insurance Rates Could Jump for Thousands of Homeowners in Hawaii

July 16, 2013 | Honolulu Civil Beat | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

More than 13,000 Hawaii property owners — including businesses, owners of vacation homes, and those whose properties have had major problems... 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