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How to Reform the Tax Code

April 24, 2013 | U.S. News | Budget & Tax

Washington is a town marked more frequently by disagreement than consensus, but there is one point on which almost all parties agree: The... Read More

Obama’s proposed spending on small modular reactors criticized from 2 sides

April 23, 2013 | SNL FERC Power Report | Energy

A modest increase in spending for the U.S. Department of Energy's program to promote small modular nuclear reactors found in President... Read More

Letter: Reasonable ideas for cutting deficit

April 17, 2013 | Times Union | Energy

Reasonable Americans understand that reducing the federal deficit will require a combination of spending cuts and increases in... Read More

Plenty to love, loathe in Obama’s 2014 budget

April 15, 2013 | United Press International | Budget & Tax , Energy

Congressional Republicans and Democrats began voicing their displeasure over U.S. President Obama's 2014 budget plan, saying it didn't go... Read More

Westinghouse Electric Co. sets sights on federal funds

April 10, 2013 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Energy

Westinghouse Electric Co. plans to apply again for a federal program designed to help fund the development of mini-sized nuclear reactor... Read More

TVA, B&W poised to put small modular reactors to the test

April 08, 2013 | Knoxville News Sentinel | Energy

TVA is teaming with Babcock & Wilcox on a project that may produce the nation’s first operational small modular reactor. The potential of... Read More

Report: Southeast U.S. Ratepayers Will Be Gouged For Billions Of Dollars In Excess Costs If Nuclear Reactor Projects Proceed

March 13, 2013 | PR Newswire | Energy

New Study Focuses on "Uneconomical" Reactor Projects in FL, SC, and GA Financed by "Advance Cost Recovery" Schemes; Lessons Seen for IA, UT,... Read More

Energy opens second round for small modular reactor funding

March 12, 2013 | Energy Guardian | Energy

The Energy Department on Monday announced a second round of funding for small modular nuclear reactors development through a program that... 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

Watchdog group upset with nuke reactor funding

March 07, 2013 | The Cranberry Eagle | Energy

A budget watchdog group is criticizing a federal government program that provides federal funds to companies such as Westinghouse Electric... 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