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Nearly all of ag wants farm bill action

November 15, 2012 | Agriculture.com | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

On Tuesday, the day that Congress starts its lame-duck session, 235 groups representing nearly every facet of agriculture sent a letter to... Read More

Budget Watchdog to Congress: Do Bare Minimum, Then Get Out

November 15, 2012 | Bloomberg | Budget & Tax

“Punt and go home.” That’s the message that Taxpayers for Common Sense wants to send to lawmakers.... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand seeks funds for coastline

November 15, 2012 | Newsday | Budget & Tax

WASHINGTON -- New York's U.S. senators said Wednesday they will seek $500 million to $1 billion in federal funding for seven Army Corps of... Read More

Lame duck Congress, go home

November 09, 2012 | CNN | Budget & Tax

(CNN) -- The lame duck Congress should depart town quietly and leave the governing to President Obama and the newly elected Congress in... Read More

Joint Op-Ed: Pass a fiscally responsible Farm Bill extension

November 08, 2012 | The Hill | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Written By: Steve Ellis, Taxpayers for Common Sense and Scott Faber, Environmental Working Group It’s too late for Congress to pass a... Read More

Congress could renew debate on flood reforms, building codes as NFIP seeks funds after Sandy

November 06, 2012 | SNL | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

By Sean P. Carr   Reaching agreement on a five-year reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program took several years. In the... Read More

After Sandy: Reassessing the Nation’s Flood Fund

November 06, 2012 | CQ Weekly | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

By Jennifer Scholtes, CQ Staff Until a week ago, it looked as if Congress had acted in the nick of time this summer to save the... Read More

Sandy to test revamped federal flood insurance program

November 05, 2012 | International Business Times | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

By: Roberta Rampton Superstorm Sandy is threatening to drag the U.S. government's debt-ridden flood insurance program back into the... Read More

Missing info made for weak points

November 05, 2012 | The Daily Progress | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

By: Dennis Roooker In the Oct. 21 Daily Progress, George Will’s column included the following: “America’s bold premise is the possibility... Read More

Costly aftermath? Another battering for homeowners

November 05, 2012 | Ashbury Park Press | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

New Jersey is not Florida North quite yet. But the widespread wreckage left by Sandy, the nor’easter-tropical storm hybrid that... 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