Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
WASHINGTON -- The Senate is poised to vote today to allow construction on locks, dams, ports and other water resources to move forward after...
The U.S. Senate is expected to take up a controversial water resources bill this week that boosts the Port of Rochester.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten...
The Water Resources Development Act of 2013 gives more than $12 billion to the Army Corps of Engineers - with little oversight
It could...
WASHINGTON -- To the ranks of civil rights and anti-war activists who’ve marched on Washington, get ready to add white-frocked...
Congress will be knee deep in the Continuing Resolution this week, as lawmakers work to avert a government shutdown.
Steve Ellis, vice...
The nonpartisan watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense chimed into the chorus surrounding the fiscal cliff Wednesday, releasing its own...
IS TODAY THE DAY FOR THE NDAA? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday he plans to bring the defense authorization bill to the...
It was a blockbuster weekend for retailers, as Americans took advantage of big discounts to ring in the holiday shopping season. But you...
The watchdog taxpayer group, Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS), has included the Columbia River Crossing Bridge in its list of what it terms...
By Christopher Preble
The fiscal cliff is looming and Washington is scrambling to reach a deal to avoid a Thelma and Louise ending in...
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Volume XVIII No. 37
Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...
July 11, 2013