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Managing the Pain of Likely Cuts

October 09, 2012 | National Journal | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

With spending cuts looming and lawmakers eyeing major entitlement and tax reform in the coming months and years, no sector--transportation... Read More

$11.4 Billion Cut in Federal Transportation Spending Recommended

October 09, 2012 | Transportaion Issues Daily | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

$11.4 Billion Cut in Federal Transportation Spending Recommended Pub Date: Oct 09, 2012 Written By: Larry Ehl The fiscal cliff and... 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

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

Obama says Romney could take away middle class tax deductions

September 25, 2012 | PolitiFact.com | Budget & Tax

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are in a battle for the trust of the middle class. The group might be hard to define, but most... Read More

Nonsensical plan

September 04, 2012 | The Miami Herald |

Although ProtectingAmerica.org’s co-chairs claim in their Aug. 19 Other Views column, Still not prepared 20 years after Hurricane Andrew,... Read More

Transportation Bill Jammed with Budget Gimmickry (Dallas News)

July 12, 2012 |

President Barack Obama’s signing ceremony for the federal transportation bill was like the graduation ceremony for a school’s most unruly,... Read More

N.J. Will See No Gain in Federal Transportation Aid (NorthJersey.com)

July 10, 2012 |

By Herb Jackson The state Department of Transportation will get nearly $1 billion to spend on projects such as eliminating the Little Ferry... Read More

Congress Needs to Act This Week on Two Bills (Journal Sentinal)

June 25, 2012 |

Congress should approve the Senate's version of a national transportation bill and an extension of the current interest rate for student... 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