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House Farm Bill Favors Arkansas Rice Growers (Arkansas News)

By Peter Urban WASHINGTON — The House Agriculture Committee takes up a 557-page farm bill this week that offers greater protection to Southern...

Congress Can Save $700 Billion by Ending Environmentally Destructive Programs (Living Green)

Congress could move a long way toward solving the nation’s twin problems of spiraling budget costs and environmental degradation simply by...

Doggy Glitter Gets a Share of Farm Bill Billions (Washington Examiner)

By Susan Ferrechio What does sparkly styling spray for dogs have to do with the 2012 farm bill? It's among the thousands of products U.S....

Fight looming over military spending cuts (CNN)

WASHINGTON (CNN) - The raging Washington debate over increasing the debt limit already is foreshadowing perhaps the next budget tussle...

Watchdog group calls for cuts to Defense health benefits (Stars and Stripes)

In a report Thursday, a nonprofit government watchdog group called for more than $586 billion in cuts to national security spending over 10...

Balloon Goes Up In Budget Battle (TIME)

Sure, there have been skirmishes over defense spending in recent weeks, but now they're shifting from small arms and irregular warfare to a...

Vice Chief Nominee Hints At Program Cuts Ahead (Aviation Week)

As large cuts to the U.S. defense budget are picking up an air of inevitability, more program kills are probably on their way, the...

How to Trim the U.S. Deficit by Nearly $600 Billion (Defense Professionals)

A Blueprint for Spending Less and Spending Smarter on National Security 06:44 GMT, July 22, 2011 POGO and Taxpayers for Common Sense today...

Watchdog Groups Identify Nearly $600 Billion in National Security Spending Cuts (CommonDreams.org)

WASHINGTON - July 21 - The federal government could save $586 billion over the next 10 years by cutting unneeded weapons, reining in...

Budget Wonks Prep for Defense Spending Dust-Up (The Wall Street Journal)

Who doesn’t enjoy a good, inside-the-Beltway smackdown? For those who follow defense-spending issues, a fresh bout started Thursday...

Engineering Boondoggles

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