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The saddest bit of legislative text we’ve seen all week

March 20, 2013 | The Washington Post | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

"(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS—It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the existing revenue sources for inland waterways system construction and... Read More

The Smoke and Mirrors of the Congressional Budget Process

March 13, 2013 | U.S. News | Budget & Tax

This week budget committees in both the House of Representatives and the Senate will be considering budget proposals for Fiscal Year 2014.... Read More

Report: Southeast U.S. Ratepayers Will Be Gouged For Billions Of Dollars In Excess Costs If Nuclear Reactor Projects Proceed

March 13, 2013 | PR Newswire | Energy

New Study Focuses on "Uneconomical" Reactor Projects in FL, SC, and GA Financed by "Advance Cost Recovery" Schemes; Lessons Seen for IA, UT,... Read More

Tech giants, private prisons big players on immigration reform

March 12, 2013 | CNN International | Budget & Tax

Washington (CNN) -- Big tech firms and private prisons represent two industries vigorously lobbying to influence the scope of legislation... Read More

Obama’s Budget Talks With Ryan Obscure Immediate Needs

March 12, 2013 | Bloomberg | Budget & Tax

Paul Ryan, chief House Republican budget writer, today unveils his 2014 budget. Patty Murray, his Senate Democratic counterpart, will craft... Read More

Despite Talk of Cuts, Members of Congress Push More Spending

March 12, 2013 | TIME | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

Like many House Republicans, Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho supports “drastically reducing discretionary spending” and warns that further growth... Read More

Sequestration Sets Up a New Business as Usual

March 08, 2013 | U.S. News | Budget & Tax

So here we are in a post-sequester world: Has the planet stopped spinning? Has anything really changed? And what have we... Read More

Schafer portrait among many that draw criticism

March 07, 2013 | INFORUM | Budget & Tax

FARGO – A portrait of Ed Schafer hung last April in a gallery in the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington is... Read More

The Truth-O-Meter Says: Al Cardenas says of $60B Congress approved after Hurricane Sandy, ‘only 10 percent was for disaster relief’

March 07, 2013 | PolitiFact | Earmarks & Appropriations

In the weeks since Congress approved aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy, conservatives have explained their opposition by saying the bill... Read More

Conservatives call for big cut in U.S. crop insurance subsidy

March 07, 2013 | Reuters | Agriculture

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - A coalition of fiscal conservatives on Tuesday called for a steep cut in federal subsidies for crop... 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