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With An Uninterested Private Sector, Federal Loans May Be Only Option For DKRW (Wyoming Public Radio)

By Tristan Ahtone Listen to the story DKRW’s proposal to build a coal-to-liquids plant in Medicine Bow may provide jobs and tax revenue...

Federal workers may not see pay raises for two years (Markeplace - Radio)

Washington is going to have to make some hard decisions to bring the deficit down. Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer takes a look at the...

Inland lawmaker blasts spending, eyes return to committee helm (The Press-Enterprise)

 Facing the threat of a possible government shutdown, Democrats on Tuesday ceded to GOP demands that billions of dollars in extra funding...

Fiorina unveils plan to cut spending (San Francisco Chronicle)

 Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina on Monday proposed a wide-ranging plan to rein in Washington's spending — ranging from a...

Republican Party’s ‘Pledge to America’ is a big disappointment (Kansas City Star)

 Maybe it was appropriate that leaders of the Republican Party gathered at a Virginia hardware store to unveil their “Pledge to America.”...

Bad Reactors

Seven years ago, Finland was faced with a daunting energy dilemma. To keep its domestic industries up and running, it needed to double its...

Your Government at Work (CNN News)

  Taxpayers for Common Sense President Ms. Ryan Alexander appears on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight to discuss the activities of the 110th...

Engineering Boondoggles

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