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Delay sought on hike in premiums

May 23, 2013 | Newsday | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are throwing their support behind a bill to delay steep increases in flood insurance... Read More

The Truth-O-Meter Says: Will Weatherford says expanding Medicaid would ‘drastically’ expand country’s deficit

May 17, 2013 | PolitiFact | Budget & Tax

The Florida House did the nation a solid by refusing to expand subsidized health insurance to 1 million low-income Floridians, argues... Read More

Louisiana lawmakers vow to fight again for flood insurance measure

May 15, 2013 | Gannett News Service | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON — Louisiana’s two senators vowed Tuesday to continue the battle to delay rate hikes in flood insurance policies after a... Read More

Landlords Double as Energy Brokers

May 14, 2013 | The New York Times | Budget & Tax , Energy

The trophy high-rises on Madison, Park and Fifth Avenues in Manhattan have long commanded the top prices in the country for commercial real... Read More

5 key players in IRS mess

May 14, 2013 | POLITICO | Budget & Tax

It's not every day that the central figures in a Washington scandal are the people who speak Tax Code jargon for a living. But now that... Read More

Water bill could see smooth sailing in Senate, despite critics

May 10, 2013 | McClatchy Washington Bureau | Budget & Tax

Amid sharply partisan exchanges over guns, immigration and the federal budget, the debate that began in the Senate this week over a water... Read More

I-Team 10 investigation: Subsidies a cash crop for farmers

May 08, 2013 | WHEC-TV | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

  For years, farmers have been getting taxpayer subsidies in the way of direct payments from the government, even in years when they... Read More

Amid budget cutbacks, U.S. shipping sector seeks more federal funds

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - As Congress imposes deep spending cuts on everything from national defense to child care, shipping industry... Read More

Sequestration and How Not to Govern

May 02, 2013 | U.S. News | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Before heading home last week, the Senate and the House passed a sequester work-around to spare us from what had become the most visible... Read More

TCS: FAA budget transfer a “gimmick”

May 01, 2013 | Capital Insider | Budget & Tax , Energy , Transportation & Infrastructure

  On Tuesday, President Obama held a wide-ranging White House news conference. He addressed Syria, the Boston Bombings, and Guantanamo... 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