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Louisiana lawmakers vow to fight again for flood insurance measure

May 15, 2013 | Gannett News Service | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON — Louisiana’s two senators vowed Tuesday to continue the battle to delay rate hikes in flood insurance policies after a... Read More

How to Reform the Tax Code

April 24, 2013 | U.S. News | Budget & Tax

Washington is a town marked more frequently by disagreement than consensus, but there is one point on which almost all parties agree: The... Read More

Homeowner insurance bill hurts taxpayers

This month, Rep. Albio Sires (D-N.Y.) reintroduced legislation that would create a federal backstop for disaster insurance, replacing... Read More

Cutting-edge approach needed to revamp flood insurance, flood risk analysis

April 03, 2013 | STL Beacon | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON – With the price of flood insurance on the rise and climate change likely to worsen Midwest flooding, a scientific panel wants... Read More

Morning Defense

March 15, 2013 | POLITICO | National Security

Biden to welcome Hagel - Senate CR advances - Sequester solutions brewing? - Lawmakers blast AF over sexual assault case - AIA faces... Read More

Bipartisan agreement on budget cuts: Scalpel is better than ax

March 01, 2013 | The Los Angeles Times | Budget & Tax

WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans don't agree on much these days, but there's consensus on one major issue: The automatic budget cuts... Read More

In Oklahoma, tiny airport attracts federal money, but few planes

February 26, 2013 | The Washington Post | Transportation & Infrastructure

ARDMORE, Okla. — Along a country road in southern Oklahoma, there is a place that doesn’t make sense. It is an airport without... Read More

Bi-state battle brewing over Bootheel floodway levee plan

February 25, 2013 | St. Louis Beacon | Transportation & Infrastructure

 WASHINGTON – Critics call it a “dinosaur project,” a threat to the environment and a waste of money. Proponents describe it as a key... Read More

Congress listening more to Renewable Fuel Standard opponents

February 21, 2013 | WATTAgNET.com | Agriculture , Energy

Thomas Elam has made his voice heard as the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Renewable Fuel Standard is in the midst of a 45-day... Read More

Controversial motor fuel with more ethanol raises concerns

February 19, 2013 | The Palm Beach Post | Agriculture , Energy

Although some motorists might not realize it, the gasoline they’re putting into their vehicles is 10 percent ethanol. Since 2010 Florida... 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