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

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

CCAGW Joins Coalition to Oppose Lame Duck Farm Bill

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

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

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...

After the Storm, New Questions Arise

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

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

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

5-year farm bill could impact fiscal cliff talks

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

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

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

Toss Wasteful Defense Weapons Programs Off the Cliff

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

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

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

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

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

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...