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Monongahela locks and dams would get $2 million from spending plan

April 12, 2013 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion budget proposal calls for imposing annual per-vessel fees on the barge industry to pay for an $8... Read More

A Perfect Storm of Wildlife Habitat Loss—and How to Stop It

April 04, 2013 | Field and Stream | Agriculture

Bob Marshall recently described on this blog how the biofuels mandate from the Bush administration has had an unpleasant result: the... Read More

10 Tax Laws That Hurt the Economy Most

April 01, 2013 | The Fiscal Times | Budget & Tax

If you watch the budget battles in Washington, it might appear the only discussion about taxes is whether they should be increased, cut, or... Read More

Letter: Crop insurance is not a safety net, but a hammock

March 28, 2013 | Enid News and Eagle | Agriculture

ENID, Okla. — A March 26 Enid News & Eagle editorial, “Crop insurance simply is the cost of doing business,” claims that federal crop... Read More

New Estimates Question Savings from Farm Bills

March 07, 2013 | The New York Times | Agriculture

Farm bills passed by the full Senate and the House Agriculture Committee in 2012 would cost billions more this year if they were enacted... Read More

Conservatives call for big cut in U.S. crop insurance subsidy

March 07, 2013 | Reuters | Agriculture

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - A coalition of fiscal conservatives on Tuesday called for a steep cut in federal subsidies for crop... Read More

Repealing oil industry tax subsidies would be good for taxpayers

March 06, 2013 | The Hill | Budget & Tax , Energy

Former Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) served up the usual field-tested oil industry talking points last week. The Hill readers may have been... Read More

Waste-Busting “Golden Fleece Award” To Go To Small Modular Reactors

February 27, 2013 | SPi World News | Energy

Award to Focus Attention on Federal Tax Dollars Being Lavished on Unproven Nuclear Reactor Technology Developed By Profitable Global... Read More

Congress listening more to Renewable Fuel Standard opponents

February 21, 2013 | WATTAgNET.com | Agriculture , Energy

Thomas Elam has made his voice heard as the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Renewable Fuel Standard is in the midst of a 45-day... Read More

TCS: Trim the farm bill and cut oil subsidies

February 21, 2013 | WJLA | Capital Insider | Agriculture , Budget & Tax , Energy

This month, 13 groups sent a letter to Congress identifying budget savings worth $100 billion over the next decade. They would draw from the... 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