Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Lawmakers are deadlocked over tax increases and spending cuts, but there’s another way that could nudge them closer to addressing this...
Alexander interview July 23, 2013
The Fair Act of 2013, a bill sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), would establish a partnership...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said Tuesday it was tragic that the Obama administration opposed legislation that would generate...
WASHINGTON - Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska slammed the Obama administration Tuesday for opposing their...
Today I am in the Senate testifying before the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on proposed legislation to shift some of the federal...
A major battle is unfolding in Congress over the troubled National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
The fight pits homeowners in...
House Republicans rushed a new farm bill to a vote last week. But it wasn’t really all that new, Speaker John Boehner argued.
Sure,...
Are drivers of electric and hybrid cars saints who reduce fuel use, emissions and global warming? Or are they freeloaders who...
The watchword in Washington has been "cut" for some time. But the House of Representatives headed in the opposite direction when it adopted...
The approach the U.S. House of Representatives takes in tackling the long-delayed Water Resources Development Act over the coming months...
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Volume XVIII No. 37
Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...
July 11, 2013