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Most Southwest Idaho Forests Have Burned Since 1985

September 17, 2013 | Idaho Statesman | Natural Resources

Wildfires since 1985 have burned 69 percent of the Payette National Forest and more than 50 percent of the Boise National Forest, a new... Read More

Analysis: Clipped wings: How essential is Essential Air Service?

September 17, 2013 | Great Falls Tribune | Transportation & Infrastructure

The program is called Essential Air Service, and its stated intent is to ensure that small communities distant from regional airport hubs... Read More

Trinity Uptown Bridges in Fort Worth Will Initially Span Dirt, Not Water

September 16, 2013 | Fort Worth Star Telegram | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

FORT WORTH — They’re not exactly bridges to nowhere, but when three new bridges in Fort Worth’s massive Trinity Uptown project are complete... Read More

Critics Pan LIRR Plan to Spend Sandy Cash on Double Track

September 16, 2013 | Long Island Newsday | Transportation & Infrastructure

The Long Island Rail Road wants to spend $300 million in federal Sandy money to complete its Double Track effort between Farmingdale and... Read More

House Makes Proposal for Waterways Projects

September 13, 2013 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Transportation & Infrastructure

A bipartisan group of congressional members has introduced legislation that would change the way billions of dollars of water infrastructure... Read More

Congress’ Massive To-Do List

September 11, 2013 | U.S. News & World Report | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

Congress came back to town this week and there is plenty to do in the brief time both chambers are in session during September. First,... Read More

Obama and the GOP Hawks

September 10, 2013 | National Review Online | Budget & Tax , National Security

By all accounts, President Obama’s efforts to lobby Congress in support of military intervention in Syria are going poorly. Perhaps most... Read More

VA Budget Skyrockets Despite Federal Spending Cuts

September 09, 2013 | Dayton Daily News | National Security

DAYTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs spends more today in inflation adjusted dollars than it did after World War II and the Vietnam... Read More

Don’t Bomb Us Back to the Fiscal Stone Age

September 06, 2013 | U.S. News & World Report | Budget & Tax , National Security

The decision by the President to seek Congressional debate and votes regarding military action against Syria is the talk of Washington this... Read More

Don’t Use Syria to Pump Up Pentagon Spending

September 04, 2013 | CNN | Budget & Tax , National Security

(CNN) -- A number of conservative hawks, including Senator John McCain and House Armed Services Committee chair Howard P. "Buck" McKeon,... 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