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All In With Chris Hayes

May 22, 2013 | MSNBC | Earmarks & Appropriations

Oklahoma senators voted against Sandy relief - but now their state will need aid Chris Hayes talks to Oklahoma State Representative Mark... Read More

The Role Of The Federal Government In Disaster Relief

May 22, 2013 | The Diane Rehm Show | Earmarks & Appropriations

Following the devastating tornado in Oklahoma, the federal government is stepping in. A look at disaster assistance and the politics of... Read More

Obama Pledges Storm Aid; Some in Congress Talk of Finding Cuts to Offset It

May 22, 2013 | The New York Times | Earmarks & Appropriations

WASHINGTON — President Obama vowed Tuesday to marshal the resources of the federal government to help the victims of Oklahoma’s killer... Read More

Flood Insurance Amendment Could Lead to More Borrowing, Critics Say

May 20, 2013 | Congressional Quarterly News | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

An amendment to water resources legislation that would freeze flood insurance premiums for five years could force the Federal Emergency... Read More

Shelby provision in water bill would benefit state docks

May 20, 2013 | Gannett News Service | Earmarks & Appropriations , Energy , Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON — Ports that move large amounts of energy resources, including the Port of Mobile, would share a new pot of federal money to... Read More

Bill would stop feared Louisiana levee

WASHINGTON -- The water-projects bill the U.S. Senate passed this week could promote investment in ports and protect the Coast from... Read More

Senate-passed water resources bill includes Mississippi River navigation study

May 16, 2013 | St. Louis Beacon | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON – A major water resources bill approved Wednesday by the U.S. Senate calls for more public-private partnerships in river and... Read More

Senate votes to extend federal water projects law

May 15, 2013 | Associated Press | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday put aside its partisan differences to extend the federal government's main water resources law,... Read More

McCaskill tackling ‘ghosts of earmarks past’

May 15, 2013 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON • Leave it to senators to create something called the Infrastructure Deauthorization Commission to do a job that they might... Read More

Critics taking aim at water resource bill

WASHINGTON — Environmental and fiscal deficit hawk groups teamed up Monday to criticize the water resources infrastructure bill by Sen.... 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