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Spiraling down: Why the Bypass will wreck Albemarle

April 01, 2013 | The Hook | Transportation & Infrastructure

The Taxpayers for Common Sense, in an October report subtitled "Two trillion in common sense cuts to avoid the fiscal cliff," calls the... Read More

The Army Corps of Engineers Excels at Wasting Money

As budget watchdogs, we know that some federal agencies are more wasteful than others in almost every sense. For nearly two centuries, the... Read More

Southland ports could see more tax revenue

March 27, 2013 | Los Angeles Times | Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON — The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are in an unusual position in today's era of Washington austerity: They could soon... Read More

Little-noticed CR provision may block long-anticipated policy change

March 26, 2013 | Environment and Energy Publishing | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

New guidelines for selecting and designing federal water projects released by the Obama administration on Friday were praised by... 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

Menendez Aided Donor in Failed Bid to Prevent Merger

March 22, 2013 | Bloomberg | Budget & Tax

When Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. President Raul Alarcon Jr. wanted to block the merger of two corporate rivals, he found an ally in... 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

Michele Bachmann pushes for highway project, but steers clear of ‘earmark’ label

A moratorium on congressional earmarks isn’t stopping Rep. Michele Bachmann from pushing for federal funding for a home-state highway. The... Read More

Senate limits debate on the CR

March 21, 2013 | WJLA Capital Insider | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

Congress will be knee deep in the Continuing Resolution this week, as lawmakers work to avert a government shutdown. Steve Ellis, vice... Read More

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

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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