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Fiscal Cliff’ Bill Includes Tax Help for Select Industries

January 04, 2013 | Business Insider | Budget & Tax

The "fiscal cliff" bill that prevented income taxes from rising for most Americans also renewed special tax breaks for a variety of... Read More

Electric Motorcycle Maker Gets Home-State Help in Tax Deal

January 04, 2013 | Washington Post - Bloomberg | Transportation & Infrastructure

(Updates with comments by Zero Motorcycle executive starting in 18th paragraph.) Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The fine print of Congress’s Jan. 1... Read More

Boehner has mixed record on fulfilling promises

January 04, 2013 | The Washington Times 24-7 | Earmarks & Appropriations

House Speaker John A. Boehner’s lofty pledges to break with precedent and run Congress in a more inclusive, transparent manner ended up a... Read More

Broad $60.4B Sandy relief bill criticized as ‘pork’

January 04, 2013 | NewJersey.com | Earmarks & Appropriations

In more than 100 pages of legislation detailing the $60 billion disaster aid plan Congress considered, there’s almost no mention of specific... Read More

The Austin Chronicle: Headlines

January 04, 2013 | The Austin Chronicle | Earmarks & Appropriations

• Austin Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 13-year-old girl who was found unconscious outside a home (not her own) in... Read More

‘Fiscal cliff’ bill filled with ‘pork’

January 03, 2013 | San Francisco Chronicle | Budget & Tax

The rancorously debated "fiscal cliff" bill approved by Congress this week was supposed to be a straightforward way for the country to avert... Read More

Compromise added billions in special tax breaks

January 03, 2013 | The Republican-American (McClatchy Newspapers) | Budget & Tax

WASHINGTON — In the last-minute dealmaking to stop the nation from tumbling over the so-called fiscal cliff, Congress and the White House... Read More

‘Fiscal cliff’ bill riddled with special tax breaks for select industries

January 03, 2013 | The Commercial Appeal (Associated Press) | Budget & Tax

WASHINGTON — The "fiscal cliff" bill that prevented income taxes from rising for most Americans also renewed special tax breaks for a... Read More

Earmarks included in fiscal cliff deal

January 03, 2013 | CNN - Anderson Cooper 360 | Budget & Tax

The VP of Taxpayers for Common Sense discusses tax incentives in the fiscal cliff bill that cater to special interests. Rush... Read More

A fiscal cliff solution, served with a side of tax breaks

January 03, 2013 | McClatchy Newspapers (Associated Press) | Budget & Tax

WASHINGTON — There are breaks for movie producers and racetracks, a little gift for Captain Morgan rum and tax credits galore for makers of... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More