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Pork is Not Kosher: N.J. Democratic Rep Andrews Demands Sandy Bill be ‘Stripped of All Pork’

January 13, 2013 | The New Jersey Newsroom | Earmarks & Appropriations

New Jersey’s Democrats are still reeling from Washington’s perennial ‘business as usual’ mentality after the first Sandy Aid bill contained... Read More

Sandy relief votes, politics will continue this week in Congress

January 13, 2013 | The Morning Call (McClatchy Newspapers) | Earmarks & Appropriations

WASHINGTON — The aftermath of Superstorm Sandy for Northeastern lawmakers comes down to: Show us the money. Members of the U.S. House of... Read More

Watchdog: $51B Sandy bill larded with extra spending, group says

January 13, 2013 | MyCentralJersey.com (Gannet) | Earmarks & Appropriations

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

Strip the pork from aid bill

January 12, 2013 | Asbury Park Press (AP) | Earmarks & Appropriations

Come Tuesday, when the House of Representatives plans to vote on the $51 billion Sandy aid package, it is imperative that all the pork be... Read More

Storm in Congress over disaster-aid bill

January 12, 2013 | San Francisco Chronicle (AP) | Earmarks & Appropriations

Washington -- Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package... Read More

Hurricane Sandy relief package swells aid for past disasters elsewhere

January 12, 2013 | The Times-Picayune (NOLA) | Earmarks & Appropriations

Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Hurricane Sandy aid package that... Read More

Hurricane Sandy Relief Package Swells Aid For Past Disasters

January 12, 2013 | The Huffington Post (AP) | Earmarks & Appropriations

WASHINGTON — Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package... Read More

Sandy relief: $50.7B package swells aid for past disasters, group argues

January 12, 2013 | WJLA Channel 7 News (AP) | Earmarks & Appropriations

WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid... Read More

CNN’s GUT CHECK for January 11, 2013

January 12, 2013 | CNN | Budget & Tax

CNN's GUT CHECK | for January 11, 2013 | 5 p.m. - n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news... Read More

New Jersey Democrat wants pork-free Sandy storm aid bill

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

New Jersey Democratic Rep. Rob Andrews is demanding his colleagues strip pork payouts from a massive aid bill intended to help victims of... 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