Policy Briefs
Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
Reports & Data
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
Sandy relief: $50.7B package swells aid for past disasters, group argues
January 12, 2013 |
WJLA Channel 7 News (AP) |
WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid... 
New Jersey Democrat wants pork-free Sandy storm aid bill
January 11, 2013 |
The Washington Times |
New Jersey Democratic Rep. Rob Andrews is demanding his colleagues strip pork payouts from a massive aid bill intended to help victims of...
Pessimistic DOD Prepares for the Worst
January 11, 2013 |
The Fiscal Times |
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pessimistically announced Thursday that the DOD has “no other choice but to prepare for the worst,” and plans...
Morning Transportation
January 11, 2013 |
Politico |
GET ‘EM IN THIS WEEK: The House Rules Committee has set a deadline of 4 p.m. Friday for amendments to the Hurricane Sandy storm aid bill...
Roof repairs, FBI salaries, and more—all part of disaster relief bill, group says
January 11, 2013 |
Planet Washington (McClatchy Newspapers) |
Not everything in the disaster relief bill, aimed at helping victims of this fall's Superstorm Sandy, relates to the storm.
"The upshot is...
Will HUD, Amtrak, Ohio get in on Hurricane Sandy relief action?
January 11, 2013 |
The Plain Dealer |
WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress don't want to appear insensitive (again) to the post-disaster needs of New Jersey and New York. Their...
Byron York: Defense spending can and should be cut—in the right way
January 11, 2013 |
The Washington Examiner |
Republicans, and many Democrats, are upset by the prospect of so-called sequestration cuts to the nation's defense budget. Pentagon chief...
House Goes Senate One Better with Pork Laden Sandy Bill
January 11, 2013 |
The Fiscal Times |
House Republicans last week blasted Senate Democrats for filling the fiscal cliff deal with pet projects and pork barrel spending. That...
Group says Sandy bill would finance unrelated projects
January 11, 2013 |
USA Today |
WASHINGTON – A taxpayer group has found plenty to criticize in legislation that would spend $51 billion helping victims of Superstorm...
For a lesson on Washington, examine tax breaks in fiscal cliff law
January 10, 2013 |
Tampa Bay Times (AP) |
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson said his vote was a vote for the average guy. So did Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan of...
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