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Budget Cutters Should Ferret Out Wasteful Spending In The Tax Code

March 20, 2013 | U.S. News | Budget & Tax

As Congress prepares to pass a continuing resolution to approve discretionary spending for the remainder of fiscal year 2013—and talks about... Read More

Reed doled out thousands in year-end bonuses to staffers

March 19, 2013 | The Star Gazette | Budget & Tax

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Tom Reed of Corning gave a total $14,750 in year-end bonuses to a dozen members of his congressional staff in... Read More

Deep in debt, USPS spends millions at business forum

March 18, 2013 | FOX News | Transportation & Infrastructure

SAN FRANCISCO -- The ailing United States Postal Service is cutting Saturday service and shutting down small town offices to stay afloat.... Read More

Morning Defense

March 15, 2013 | POLITICO | National Security

Biden to welcome Hagel - Senate CR advances - Sequester solutions brewing? - Lawmakers blast AF over sexual assault case - AIA faces... Read More

The Smoke and Mirrors of the Congressional Budget Process

March 13, 2013 | U.S. News | Budget & Tax

This week budget committees in both the House of Representatives and the Senate will be considering budget proposals for Fiscal Year 2014.... Read More

Report: Southeast U.S. Ratepayers Will Be Gouged For Billions Of Dollars In Excess Costs If Nuclear Reactor Projects Proceed

March 13, 2013 | PR Newswire | Energy

New Study Focuses on "Uneconomical" Reactor Projects in FL, SC, and GA Financed by "Advance Cost Recovery" Schemes; Lessons Seen for IA, UT,... Read More

Energy opens second round for small modular reactor funding

March 12, 2013 | Energy Guardian | Energy

The Energy Department on Monday announced a second round of funding for small modular nuclear reactors development through a program that... Read More

Obama’s Budget Talks With Ryan Obscure Immediate Needs

March 12, 2013 | Bloomberg | Budget & Tax

Paul Ryan, chief House Republican budget writer, today unveils his 2014 budget. Patty Murray, his Senate Democratic counterpart, will craft... Read More

Sequestration Sets Up a New Business as Usual

March 08, 2013 | U.S. News | Budget & Tax

So here we are in a post-sequester world: Has the planet stopped spinning? Has anything really changed? And what have we... Read More

New Estimates Question Savings from Farm Bills

March 07, 2013 | The New York Times | Agriculture

Farm bills passed by the full Senate and the House Agriculture Committee in 2012 would cost billions more this year if they were enacted... 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