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How Contractors Raked in $385 Billion to Build and Support Bases Abroad since 2001

May 14, 2013 | The Huffington Post | National Security

Outside the United States, the Pentagon controls a collection of military bases unprecedented in history. With U.S. troops gone from Iraq... Read More

Critics taking aim at water resource bill

WASHINGTON — Environmental and fiscal deficit hawk groups teamed up Monday to criticize the water resources infrastructure bill by Sen.... Read More

Appropriator background challenges Kingston in Senate primary

May 14, 2013 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Earmarks & Appropriations

WASHINGTON — Jack Kingston’s 20-year career in the U.S. House has been shaped by his work on the powerful Appropriations Committee, where he... Read More

Landlords Double as Energy Brokers

May 14, 2013 | The New York Times | Budget & Tax , Energy

The trophy high-rises on Madison, Park and Fifth Avenues in Manhattan have long commanded the top prices in the country for commercial real... Read More

5 key players in IRS mess

May 14, 2013 | POLITICO | Budget & Tax

It's not every day that the central figures in a Washington scandal are the people who speak Tax Code jargon for a living. But now that... Read More

DOT nominee’s role in contracts could draw questions

May 06, 2013 | POLITICO | Transportation & Infrastructure

Anthony Foxx promotes clean mass transit on two fronts — as the mayor of Charlotte, N.C., and as an in-house lawyer for a company that makes... Read More

Fact check: Sanford-Colbert Busch debate

May 03, 2013 | USA Today | Earmarks & Appropriations

In a spirited debate between South Carolina congressional candidates Elizabeth Colbert Busch and Mark Sanford, we found a couple of... Read More

Water infrastructure bill could drain taxpayer dollars with little oversight

May 03, 2013 | Washington Guardian | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

The Water Resources Development Act of 2013 gives more than $12 billion to the Army Corps of Engineers - with little oversight It could... Read More

Sequestration and How Not to Govern

May 02, 2013 | U.S. News | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Before heading home last week, the Senate and the House passed a sequester work-around to spare us from what had become the most visible... Read More

TCS: FAA budget transfer a “gimmick”

May 01, 2013 | Capital Insider | Budget & Tax , Energy , Transportation & Infrastructure

  On Tuesday, President Obama held a wide-ranging White House news conference. He addressed Syria, the Boston Bombings, and Guantanamo... 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