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Growing Economy Absorbing Sequestration Cuts

June 04, 2013 | Fox Business | Budget & Tax

Sequestration, the mandated across-the-board budget cuts activated in March, has not triggered the financial apocalypse predicted by... Read More

Lobbyists for Banks to Beet Farms Feast on $1 Trillion Farm Law

June 03, 2013 | Bloomberg Business Week | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

After his side lost a fight over federal sugar aid in the Senate last month, Bob Simpson, the president of Jelly Belly Candy Co. of... Read More

Lawmakers clash over catastrophe fund

June 03, 2013 | MSNBC | Budget & Tax , Natural Resources

There’s a bill in Congress that would create a catastrophe fund to put money aside ahead of time to respond to natural disasters, but not... Read More

House members push alternative farm bill that cuts subsidies

May 31, 2013 | The Daily Caller | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

As the House and Senate tackle competing versions of the farm reform bill, two congressmen from Wisconsin are proposing an alternative bill... Read More

Florida lawmakers-turned-lobbyists fuel revolving door of politics

May 31, 2013 | Tampa Bay Times | Budget & Tax

Connie Mack took a big gamble running for U.S. Senate last year and lost, surrendering a safe House seat. But unlike many unemployed... Read More

Farm Bill: How to Grow Almost Anything Risk Free

May 30, 2013 | The Fiscal Times | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Congress is attempting to pass major farm legislation this year after failing in 2012 amid the hard-fought congressional and presidential... Read More

Congress Poised To Make Crop Insurance Subsidies More Generous

May 30, 2013 | NPR | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

For decades, farmers have been getting checks from the federal government as part of a safety net to help protect against, for instance, the... Read More

Beware of the Beach House Bailout

May 29, 2013 | Biloxi Sun Herald | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Six months ago, Hurricane Sandy devastated the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast coast and, $60 billion dollars later, taxpayers continue to pay... Read More

Making a mess of a road project

May 28, 2013 | The Virginian-Pilot | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

State taxpayers, including those in Hampton Roads, are on the hook for as much as $300 million for a highway in Charlottesville that does... Read More

Faking farm savings;  It’s a time-honored tradition in Washington to do as little as possible and look good while (not) doing it

May 28, 2013 | The Union Daily Times | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Sometimes it appears common sense and reality can't penetrate the Capitol's marble-lined walls. This financially costly phenomenon struck... 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