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Over $9 Billion in Sandy Bill for Transportation Spending That Won’t Occur for Two Years

December 18, 2012 | National Review | Earmarks & Appropriations

Taxpayers for Common Sense vice president Steve Ellis e-mails reporters a list of projects getting funded in the $60.4 billion Sandy relief... Read More

A car for the Justice Department inspector, and more in Sandy relief bill

December 18, 2012 | Market Watch | Earmarks & Appropriations

Writing a bill for disaster relief from Hurricane Sandy surely is fairly straightforward, with aid concentrated say on loans and... Read More

Hurricane Sandy Recovery Package Packed With Extra Spending

December 18, 2012 | OnyxBook | Budget & Tax

WASHINGTON — The Senate has quietly tucked hundreds of millions of dollars to fund parochial needs into a $ 60 billion supplemental spending... Read More

Club For Growth, Heritage: Sandy Bill Packed With Pork

December 18, 2012 | News Max | Earmarks & Appropriations

Two conservative groups on Monday said that a $60 billion bill meant to fund Hurricane Sandy relief efforts is filled with pork that is... Read More

Conservative groups complain Sandy aid bill contains unrelated spending

December 18, 2012 | The Hill | Earmarks & Appropriations

Conservative groups say the Senate’s $60.4 billion Hurricane Sandy supplemental bill is loaded with millions of dollars in spending... Read More

K Street gathers strength behind Hurricane Sandy relief bill

December 18, 2012 | The Hill | Earmarks & Appropriations

Lobbyists for beach and coastal towns have sprung into action on a $60.4 billion relief package for communities damaged by Hurricane... Read More

Senate debates $60.4 billion Sandy aid package

December 18, 2012 | Associated Press | Earmarks & Appropriations

Washington - Democrats on Monday began trying to push $60.4 billion in emergency spending for Superstorm Sandy victims through Congress by... Read More

Study Says Farm Bills Would Add to, Not Cut, Deficit

December 17, 2012 | New York Times | Agriculture

 For weeks, leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have lobbied for their stalled farm bills that cut farm and food program... Read More

5 Countries On The Naughty List For Dirty Energy

December 17, 2012 | Care2 | Energy

We’re making a list, we’re checking it twice… No, this list isn’t about whose wish will be fulfilled on December 25th. Instead, it’s a... Read More

Sandy relief bill gets add-ons to lure GOP votes

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate's $60.4 billion superstorm Sandy relief bill contains more than $20 million for Alaska's fisheries and $188... 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