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Conservatives, Environmentalists Find Common Cause Against Tying Farm Bill To Fiscal Cliff

December 11, 2012 | BuzzFeed Politics | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

WASHINGTON — Although they may be natural enemies in the modern, legislative landscape of Washington, environmentalists and fiscal... Read More

CCAGW Joins Coalition to Oppose Lame Duck Farm Bill

December 11, 2012 | Market Watch | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

WASHINGTON, Dec 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today, Tom Schatz, President of the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, joined... Read More

Barge Lines Want U.S. to Pay Costs of River Improvements

December 10, 2012 | Bloomberg BusinessWeek | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

The threat to barge traffic posed by low water levels on the Mississippi River portends more disruptions if the U.S. government doesn’t pay... Read More

After the Storm, New Questions Arise

December 10, 2012 | New York Times | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

To the Editor: Re “Resisted for Blocking the View, Dunes Prove They Blunt Storms” (front page, Dec. 4): Senators Charles E. Schumer and... Read More

Will Big Oil Keep Its Subsidies in a Fiscal Cliff Deal?

December 07, 2012 | Mother Jones | Budget & Tax , Energy , Natural Resources

America's most profitable industry banks billions in subsidies—but there's little talk in Washington of putting these handouts on the chopping block. ... Read More

5-year farm bill could impact fiscal cliff talks

December 07, 2012 | Omaha World-Herald | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

WASHINGTON — Many politicians and experts view the fiscal cliff as a looming economic crisis, but to those backing a new farm bill, it also... Read More

Four Years Out, A Sneak-Peek At 2016 (The Note)

December 06, 2012 | ABC News | Budget & Tax

NOTABLES: OBAMA TO TACKLE DEBT CEILING: In remarks at the Business Roundtable today, President Obama for the first time will highlight... Read More

Toss Wasteful Defense Weapons Programs Off the Cliff

December 06, 2012 | Huffington Post | Budget & Tax , National Security

Many of us in the Congressional Progressive Caucus recognize that no serious plan to address the deficit can go forward without defense... Read More

White House mounts relentless corporate push on cliff - Dire Wall Street warnings - GOP small business push - New Fed bond purchases next week

December 06, 2012 | Politico | Budget & Tax

WHITE HOUSE MOUNTS RELENTLESS CORPORATE PUSH ON CLIFF — On Tuesday, President Barack Obama gave his first post-election interview to... Read More

About to run aground on EPA rules, coal-fired ferry seeks to rewrite the law

December 06, 2012 | MinnPost | Budget & Tax , Energy , Natural Resources

When is an earmark not really an earmark? A fresh bit of Congressional finagling raises that question in regard to yet another... 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