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Trinity Uptown Bridges in Fort Worth Will Initially Span Dirt, Not Water

September 16, 2013 | Fort Worth Star Telegram | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

FORT WORTH — They’re not exactly bridges to nowhere, but when three new bridges in Fort Worth’s massive Trinity Uptown project are complete... Read More

Critics Pan LIRR Plan to Spend Sandy Cash on Double Track

September 16, 2013 | Long Island Newsday | Transportation & Infrastructure

The Long Island Rail Road wants to spend $300 million in federal Sandy money to complete its Double Track effort between Farmingdale and... Read More

Op-Ed: Divide and Conquer: Turning Us Against Them

September 16, 2013 | Bucks County Courier Times | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

The lead story in the Dec. 14, 2009 edition of the Washington Post began: “The Senate cleared for Obama’s signature on Sunday a $447 billion... Read More

Mitch McConnell’s Close Ties with Humana Founder

September 10, 2013 | Politico | Earmarks & Appropriations

In 2005, David A. Jones Sr., founder of health insurance giant Humana Inc., needed help raising money for a Louisville, Ky., parks project... Read More

House could vote on CR next week

September 09, 2013 | The Federal Times | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

The House could move forward as early as next week with a fiscal 2014 continuing resolution, a spokeswoman for the House Appropriations... Read More

Congress Needs to Clean House

August 29, 2013 | U.S. News & World Report | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

This week at Taxpayers for Common Sense we are taking advantage of the slow pace of Washington while Congress is out of town to do a big,... Read More

We Don’t Need Earmarks to Get Congress Working Again

August 22, 2013 | U.S. News & World Report | Earmarks & Appropriations

As long time political observers lament the failure of Congress to get anything done, every once in a while you hear a call for the return... Read More

A Call for Tax Reform Transparency

August 22, 2013 | Capital Insider | Budget & Tax

For the first time in nearly three decades, Congress is trying a blank slate approach to tax reform. But a big part of the process has been... Read More

Tax Reform Debate Should be Open for All to See

August 20, 2013 | Washington Examiner | Budget & Tax

Nobody questions the necessity of keeping America's most vital national security secrets behind closed doors, whether it be the launch... Read More

Five federal secrets that have come out in 2013

August 12, 2013 | GIMBY | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

A generation after the internet appeared on the scene and more than a decade since New York City’s twin towers collapsed due to a terrorist... 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