Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
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Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
Taxpayer group maps out an escape plan for 2013's 'fiscal cliff'
By Erik Wasson - 10/01/12 12:42 PM ET
The nonpartisan Taxpayers for...
Huelskamp leads push to waive some tariffs
By Mary Clarkin - The Hutchinson News - mclarkin@hutchnews.com
While tariffs and duties on...
Washington's looming defense "sequester" would slash the Pentagon's budget by $55 billion a year. Would that imperil the nation?
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Akin parses stand on pet projects in Mo. Senate bid after getting aid from conservative group
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Rep. Todd...
US group urges 2 trillion altenative to fiscal cliff "time bomb"
By Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON | Sun Sep 30, 2012 4:55pm EDT
(Reuters)...
By: Gene Smith
Taxpayers for Common Sense states that in 2011 there were 39,294 earmarks for a total of more than $130 billion.
It is...
By Peter Urban
WASHINGTON — The House Agriculture Committee takes up a 557-page farm bill this week that offers greater protection to Southern...
Energy Issues Electrify Ohio Senate Race
By Deidre Shesgreen
WASHINGTON -- When it comes to energy issues, Democrat Sherrod Brown and...
A Republican draft of legislation to reform the federal flood insurance program would renew the program for five years, phase out most rate...
A draft proposal to reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a “good start,” although it is not a “perfect piece of...
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While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...
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