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Congress approves scaled-back Sandy aid bill

January 04, 2013 | CNN | Earmarks & Appropriations

Washington (CNN) -- Congress approved a $9.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package on Friday following delays over fiscal cliff bickering,... Read More

Boehner has mixed record on fulfilling promises

January 04, 2013 | The Washington Times 24-7 | Earmarks & Appropriations

House Speaker John A. Boehner’s lofty pledges to break with precedent and run Congress in a more inclusive, transparent manner ended up a... Read More

Broad $60.4B Sandy relief bill criticized as ‘pork’

January 04, 2013 | NewJersey.com | Earmarks & Appropriations

In more than 100 pages of legislation detailing the $60 billion disaster aid plan Congress considered, there’s almost no mention of specific... Read More

The Austin Chronicle: Headlines

January 04, 2013 | The Austin Chronicle | Earmarks & Appropriations

• Austin Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 13-year-old girl who was found unconscious outside a home (not her own) in... Read More

Norm Dicks’ decades in Congress brought a lot of money back to home state

January 03, 2013 | McClatchy Newspapers | Earmarks & Appropriations

 WASHINGTON — Pentagon chief Leon Panetta strode into the Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill, surrounded by military officers in dress-green... Read More

Super-storm of pork hits Washington

January 03, 2013 | Human Events | Earmarks & Appropriations

Now that fiscal cliff panic is under control, we can return to panicking over Super Storm Sandy, which flooded the streets of Washington... Read More

Hurricane Sandy pork

December 31, 2012 | Tribune-Review (Associated Press) | Earmarks & Appropriations

 Many news outlets are reporting that President Obama‘s proposed $60.4 billion federal aid bill for Hurricane Sandy victims is packed with... Read More

Loss of Inouye Means Loss of Clout for Hawaii

December 29, 2012 | New York Times (Associated Press) | Earmarks & Appropriations

HONOLULU — No man is an island. But in Hawaii, Daniel K. Inouye sure seems like one. After he died last week at 88, this state went into a... Read More

DC Watch: Farm bill unlikely to be part of fiscal cliff efforts

December 24, 2012 | Dairy Herd Network | Agriculture , Earmarks & Appropriations

With the clock ticking down to the end of the year, there is still no agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)... Read More

$60B Sandy Relief Bill Advances in Senate

December 24, 2012 | WNYC (Associated Press) | Earmarks & Appropriations

Senate Democrats said Friday they have enough votes to approve a more than $60 billion Sandy relief bill, overcoming objections that it... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

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