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Senate to vote today on bill to fund locks, dams, ports

May 08, 2013 | Pittsburgh-Post Gazette | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON -- The Senate is poised to vote today to allow construction on locks, dams, ports and other water resources to move forward after... Read More

Sequestration and How Not to Govern

May 02, 2013 | U.S. News | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Before heading home last week, the Senate and the House passed a sequester work-around to spare us from what had become the most visible... Read More

Washington Notes: U.S. taxpayers footing huge bill for rural airport customers

April 30, 2013 | The Daily Oklahoman | Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON - Following another congressional report on waste duplication in the federal government, Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, and Mark... Read More

When Renewable Energy Shoots Itself In The Foot

April 29, 2013 | Earth Techling | Earmarks & Appropriations , Energy

It isn’t often that a new renewable energy project can be called a bad thing for renewable energy, but such is the case in Ann Arbor, Mich.,... Read More

A Reasonable Food Fight

April 29, 2013 | Other Words | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

President Barack Obama wants to revamp Washington’s global food aid system. His 2014 budget request would transfer much of the program from... Read More

Held up by MOX(y)

April 29, 2013 | The Hill | Energy , National Security

Sometimes, even in Congress, one can overplay one’s hand protecting turf. Consider the South Carolina delegation’s sharp objection to... Read More

Experts: Coming debate will lay building blocks on energy taxes

April 24, 2013 | POLITICO | Budget & Tax , Energy

A panel of experts expressed pessimism Wednesday that lawmakers can tackle broad-based tax reform this Congress, but they stressed that the... Read More

Obama’s proposed spending on small modular reactors criticized from 2 sides

April 23, 2013 | SNL FERC Power Report | Energy

A modest increase in spending for the U.S. Department of Energy's program to promote small modular nuclear reactors found in President... Read More

Harris aims to protect MD from government regulations

April 22, 2013 | Gannett News Service | Earmarks & Appropriations

WASHINGTON — Rep. Andy Harris is more concerned about what federal agencies could do to the 1st Congressional District than what they could... Read More

Can good government gum things up?

April 22, 2013 | The Philadelphia Daily News | Earmarks & Appropriations

LATELY AND ironically, I'm wondering whether good government is bad for governing. I say lately because of that gun vote in Washington... 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