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Letter: Reasonable ideas for cutting deficit

April 17, 2013 | Times Union | Energy

Reasonable Americans understand that reducing the federal deficit will require a combination of spending cuts and increases in... Read More

Plenty to love, loathe in Obama’s 2014 budget

April 15, 2013 | United Press International | Budget & Tax , Energy

Congressional Republicans and Democrats began voicing their displeasure over U.S. President Obama's 2014 budget plan, saying it didn't go... Read More

Homeowner insurance bill hurts taxpayers

This month, Rep. Albio Sires (D-N.Y.) reintroduced legislation that would create a federal backstop for disaster insurance, replacing... Read More

Westinghouse Electric Co. sets sights on federal funds

April 10, 2013 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Energy

Westinghouse Electric Co. plans to apply again for a federal program designed to help fund the development of mini-sized nuclear reactor... Read More

How Zombie Programs Manage to Avoid Budget Cuts

April 10, 2013 | U.S. News | Earmarks & Appropriations

Every year, part of the president's budget request to Congress includes a detailed catalog of programs targeted for the chopping block. It's... Read More

Morning Transportation

April 08, 2013 | POLITICO | Transportation & Infrastructure

LAST-MINUTE REPRIEVE: Only two days before the FAA was set to end funding for 24 contract towers — the first of three batches that included... Read More

TVA, B&W poised to put small modular reactors to the test

April 08, 2013 | Knoxville News Sentinel | Energy

TVA is teaming with Babcock & Wilcox on a project that may produce the nation’s first operational small modular reactor. The potential of... Read More

Lawmakers try to shield Army Corps of Engineers from cuts

As the government prepares for years of austerity, a bipartisan group of senators is aiming to give the agency that maintains ports and... Read More

Truth-o-Meter: Harry Reid says deficit has been reduced by $2.5 trillion in past two years

March 22, 2013 | PolitiFact | Budget & Tax

During a recent floor speech, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., touted his chamber’s role in cutting the deficit. "In the last... Read More

Parting bonuses ‘taxpayer-funded wet kiss goodbye’

March 22, 2013 | Dayton Daily News | Budget & Tax

Area lawmakers in Washington spiked their staffs’ pay at the end of 2012, often by more than $10,000 a person, according to a Dayton Daily... 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