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NFIP May Need Additional Borrowing Authority Post-Sandy

November 06, 2012 | PropertyCasualy360.com | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Written By: Arthur D. Postal The National Flood Insurance Program will likely need to go to Congress for additional borrowing authority... Read More

Sandy to test revamped federal flood insurance program

November 05, 2012 | International Business Times | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

By: Roberta Rampton Superstorm Sandy is threatening to drag the U.S. government's debt-ridden flood insurance program back into the... Read More

Missing info made for weak points

November 05, 2012 | The Daily Progress | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

By: Dennis Roooker In the Oct. 21 Daily Progress, George Will’s column included the following: “America’s bold premise is the possibility... Read More

Costly aftermath? Another battering for homeowners

November 05, 2012 | Ashbury Park Press | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

New Jersey is not Florida North quite yet. But the widespread wreckage left by Sandy, the nor’easter-tropical storm hybrid that... Read More

Costly aftermath? Insurance rates may soar in aftermath of Sandy

November 05, 2012 | DailyRecord.com | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

New Jersey is not Florida North quite yet. But the widespread wreckage left by Sandy, the nor’easter-tropical storm hybrid that... Read More

The Cost of Natural Disasters, By the Numbers

November 02, 2012 | National Journal | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

By Amy Harder   As Washington approaches the fiscal cliff and looks to save money in every budgetary corner it can find, experts are... Read More

Who will pay to rebuild after Sandy?

November 02, 2012 | The Seattle Times | Transportation & Infrastructure

How will New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority pay for major damage to aging track, stations and equipment in the flooded... Read More

In areas hit by Sandy, lawmakers ask U.S. to pay the whole cost

November 01, 2012 | Los Angeles Times | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

By Richard Simon WASHINGTON — Uncle Sam is picking up the full cost of providing emergency power and public transportation in areas hard... Read More

The Hill’s 2012 Top Lobbyists

October 31, 2012 | The Hill |

2012 hasn’t been the best year for K Street, but it’s too soon to call it a bust. A divided government and the demands of campaigning have... Read More

Alexander: We Found $2 Trillion in Cuts; Why Can’t Politicians?

October 23, 2012 | Roll Call | Budget & Tax

Special to Roll Call.   The direction of America won’t be determined just by what happens on Election Day but also by how official... 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