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Toss Wasteful Defense Weapons Programs Off the Cliff

December 06, 2012 | Huffington Post | Budget & Tax , National Security

Many of us in the Congressional Progressive Caucus recognize that no serious plan to address the deficit can go forward without defense... Read More

Pork Will Find a Way

November 30, 2012 | Foreign Policy | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

How Congress can fund its pet projects -- even without earmarks.... Read More

Politico Morning Defense 11/28/2012

November 28, 2012 | Politico | Budget & Tax , National Security

IS TODAY THE DAY FOR THE NDAA? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday he plans to bring the defense authorization bill to the... Read More

Solution to Fiscal Cliff Should Include Senator Coburn’s $68 Billion in Pentagon Spending Cuts

November 16, 2012 | Before It's News | Budget & Tax , National Security

By Christopher Preble The fiscal cliff is looming and Washington is scrambling to reach a deal to avoid a Thelma and Louise ending in... Read More

Connecticut defense firms first in line to fall over fiscal cliff

November 08, 2012 | The Connecticut Mirror | Budget & Tax , National Security

Washington -- Among the first to fall over the federal government's looming fiscal cliff will be defense contractors, including those who... Read More

You can reduce the deficit without touching entitlements. But that won’t make it more popular.

You can reduce the deficit without touching entitlements. But that won’t make it more popular. The Washington Post Posted by Suzy Khimm... Read More

Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense, discusses how the U.S. could avoid the fiscal cliff with cuts almost twice the size of sequestration.

How to Avoid Fiscal Cliff With Less Pain CNBC Mon 01 Oct 12 | 04:50 PM ET Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense, discusses how the... Read More

How to cut $2 trillion, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense

October 02, 2012 | Washington Business Journal | Agriculture , Budget & Tax , Energy , National Security , Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

How to cut $2 trillion, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense Washington Business Journal Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 6:20am... Read More

Fiscal Cliff: Candidates Fiddle While America Does a Slow Burn

Fiscal Cliff: Candidates Fiddle While America Does a Slow Burn October 2, 2012   “Continued split government is just one reason to... Read More

Taxpayer group maps out an escape plan for 2013’s ‘fiscal cliff’

Taxpayer group maps out an escape plan for 2013's 'fiscal cliff' By Erik Wasson - 10/01/12 12:42 PM ET   The nonpartisan Taxpayers for... 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