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Agencies paralyzed by fiscal cliff, endless succession of CRs

December 19, 2012 | Environment & Energy Publishing | Earmarks & Appropriations

So far this year, U.S. EPA has frozen hiring, delayed contracts and sharply curtailed travel, all to deal with the uncertainty of its future... Read More

Congress Piles the Pork into Hurricane Sandy Relief

December 19, 2012 | Fiscal Times | Earmarks & Appropriations

The millions of dollars for projects unrelated to recovery from Hurricane Sandy included in the Sandy relief act is the latest in a long... Read More

The Choice is Between “Guns and Guns”, not “Guns and Butter”

December 19, 2012 | Firedoglake | National Security

There was a Bipartisan Congressional letter calling for Defense Cuts, ie  Less US Guns Roaming the World. Every single Libertarian leaning... Read More

Why isn’t Obama demanding corporate welfare cuts?

December 18, 2012 | Market Watch | Budget & Tax

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – If President Barack Obama and Speaker John Boehner really want to reduce federal deficits, they’re doing a lousy... Read More

Study Says Farm Bills Would Add to, Not Cut, Deficit

December 17, 2012 | New York Times | Agriculture

 For weeks, leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have lobbied for their stalled farm bills that cut farm and food program... Read More

Coalition urges approval of a farm subsidy

December 17, 2012 | The Washington Times | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

A bipartisan coalition of senators representing almost a third of the chamber is pressing party leaders to include a long-delayed farm... Read More

Groups Opposed to Farm Bill Inclusion in Fiscal Cliff Deal Speak Out

December 14, 2012 | KNEB Radio / Associated Press | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Some farm groups and lawmakers would like to see a farm bill included as part of any legislation written to avert the fiscal cliff. But the... Read More

Some Spending in Sandy ‘Emergency’ Bill Doesn’t Start Until 2018

December 14, 2012 | National Review | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Republican senators like Arizona’s Jon Kyl and Alabama’s Jeff Sessions have objected to the large Hurricane Sandy relief package. President... Read More

Good case that farm bill would add to deficit

December 13, 2012 | The Free Press | Agriculture

A piece from Ron Nixon in The Washington Post is worth reading because it takes a crack at the conventional wisdom that a farm bill will cut... Read More

Amash Among Bipartisan Group Seeking Defense Cuts

December 13, 2012 | Associated Press / WOOD News Radio | Budget & Tax

The group of 11 Republicans and 11 Democrats sent the letter to President Obama and leadership in the House and Senate. ... 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