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Obama Administration Spent $180,000 on “Official Portraits” This Year

November 15, 2012 | FrontPageMag.com | Budget & Tax

Because what would the nation do without an official portrait of EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson at a bargain basement $40,000. And it is... Read More

Op-Ed: Saks, Ellis: Sandy a Reminder of Need for National Mitigation Strategy

November 13, 2012 | Roll Call | Budget & Tax

Communities across the country are recovering after the wrath of Hurricane Sandy and, once again, tens of millions of taxpayer dollars will... Read More

Joint Op-Ed: Pass a fiscally responsible Farm Bill extension

November 08, 2012 | The Hill | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Written By: Steve Ellis, Taxpayers for Common Sense and Scott Faber, Environmental Working Group It’s too late for Congress to pass a... Read More

After Sandy: Reassessing the Nation’s Flood Fund

November 06, 2012 | CQ Weekly | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

By Jennifer Scholtes, CQ Staff Until a week ago, it looked as if Congress had acted in the nick of time this summer to save the... Read More

Sandy might turn the tide for embattled beach-building program

November 06, 2012 | E&E Publishing | Budget & Tax

Written By: Annie Snider If a storm that reportedly killed more than 100 people in 10 states and caused untold billions in damage can... Read More

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

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September 13, 2013

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters... Read More