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Washington lawmakers - All earmarks considered pork

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...

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...

Energy Issues Electrify Ohio Senate Race (Chillicothe Gazette)

Energy Issues Electrify Ohio Senate Race By Deidre Shesgreen WASHINGTON -- When it comes to energy issues, Democrat Sherrod Brown and...

Republican Flood Insurance Bill Gets Positive Initial Reception (Insurance Journal)

A Republican draft of legislation to reform the federal flood insurance program would renew the program for five years, phase out most rate...

House’s planned flood insurance reforms ‘good start,’ but not ‘perfect’ (IFA Web News)

A draft proposal to reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a “good start,” although it is not a “perfect piece of...

Steve Ellis’s Testimony On Reauthorization Of The National Flood Insurance Program (Out of the Storm News)

Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, was the smartersafer.org representative testifying this week before the Senate...

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...