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Wal-Mart Air Fleet Gets Taxpayer Support for Controllers

August 14, 2013 | Bloomberg Businessweek | Transportation & Infrastructure

U.S. taxpayers are increasingly picking up the tab for the control tower at an airport that’s home to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT:US)’s... Read More

Report Calls For Congressional Reform Of River Management Practices

August 14, 2013 | St. Louis Public Radio | Transportation & Infrastructure

A new report by a coalition of conservation and public interest groups representing the Upper Mississippi River basin is calling on Congress... Read More

Study: New river law should emphasize restoration

August 14, 2013 | Quad-City Times | Transportation & Infrastructure

A coalition of conservation groups argued Tuesday that a new long-term water resources proposal ought to focus more on restoration of the... Read More

Okla. Sen. Inhofe criticizes military budget cuts

August 08, 2013 | Associated Press | Budget & Tax , National Security

OKLAHOMA CITY — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma condemned budget cuts to the nation's armed services Tuesday, telling a group of... Read More

Antiquated U.S. farm policy fiscally foolish

August 08, 2013 | Lebanon Daily News | Agriculture

In June, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives rejected, 195-234, a trillion-dollar farm bill that included agriculture... Read More

Transportation bill yields a THUD in the House

The Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill -- THUD for short -- is a $44 billion measure. House leaders put it... Read More

Deficits falling (from way up)

August 06, 2013 | Tucson Sentinel | Budget & Tax

In recent speeches, President Obama has repeatedly claimed that “our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years.” The White House... Read More

Stem the wealthy’s sweet flood-insurance deal

July 29, 2013 | The Post and Courier | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Tucked into the Department of Homeland Security spending bill the Senate Appropriations Committee approved recently is a nefarious provision... Read More

Truth-O-Meter: Obama says deficit is falling at the fastest rate in 60 years

July 29, 2013 | PolitiFact | Budget & Tax

President Barack Obama aimed to refocus the national debate and put the economy front and center with a speech at Knox College in Illinois.... Read More

Rep. Ted Yoho entangled in dispute over farm bill

July 29, 2013 | Gainesville Sun | Agriculture

The farm bill making its way through Congress includes a significant change — away from direct payments and toward crop insurance — in the... 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