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Who will pay to rebuild after Sandy?

November 02, 2012 | The Seattle Times | Transportation & Infrastructure

How will New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority pay for major damage to aging track, stations and equipment in the flooded... Read More

In Areas Hit By Sandy, Lawmakers Ask U.S. to Pay The Whole Cost

November 02, 2012 | McClatchy Newspapers | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

"This was not a New York disaster, or a New Jersey disaster or a Connecticut disaster, but a national disaster, and FEMA and the federal... Read More

In areas hit by Sandy, lawmakers ask U.S. to pay the whole cost

November 01, 2012 | Los Angeles Times | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

By Richard Simon WASHINGTON — Uncle Sam is picking up the full cost of providing emergency power and public transportation in areas hard... Read More

Groups: Flawed “No More Solyndras Act” Would Still Leave Taxpayers At Risk Of Costly Energy Boondoggle Defaults (PR Newswire)

September 11, 2012 | Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense, Heritage Foundation, National Taxpayers Union, and Competitive Enterprise Institute Outline Troubled Projects... Read More

Yet More Solyndras (National Review)

September 11, 2012 | Earmarks & Appropriations

Congress returns this week and plans to kick off their short stint in Washington before heading back to the campaign trail with a bill misleadingly called the “No More Solyndras Act.” ... Read More

Split Among House Republicans Over How Deeply to Cut May Delay Farm Bill (New York Times)

July 12, 2012 | Agriculture

By Ron Nixon WASHINGTON — The first major overhaul of the nation’s nutrition and farm program is in jeopardy because of a split in the ranks... Read More

Bad Reactors

July 13, 2009 | Washington Monthly | Energy

Seven years ago, Finland was faced with a daunting energy dilemma. To keep its domestic industries up and running, it needed to double its... 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