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House Cmte. Examines Government Spending

February 05, 2013 | C-SPAN | Budget & Tax

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing titled, "Government Spending: How Can We Best Address the Billions... Read More

OVERNIGHT MONEY: Budget fitness

February 05, 2013 | The Hill | Budget & Tax

TUESDAY'S BIG STORY: Fun with budgets: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Tuesday will release its annual budget and economic update... Read More

Politics and road building intersect in Kentucky

February 04, 2013 | McClatchy Newspapers | Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON --Interstate 66, once envisioned as a cross-continent highway from the Potomac to the Pacific, ends in a pile of dirt just past a... Read More

Fate of Piketon plant murky

February 04, 2013 | The Chillicothe Gazette | Energy

WASHINGTON — As the 113th Congress gets under way and President Barack Obama begins a second term, some possible shifts in federal energy... Read More

Stand Up for the RFS; Don’t Forget to Comment

February 01, 2013 | BioMass Magazine | Agriculture , Energy

The petroleum industry is continuing its campaign to dismantle and repeal the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The Environmental Working... Read More

Toomey votes against Sandy relief measure, citing deficit and non-emergency items

January 30, 2013 | Morning Call | Earmarks & Appropriations

WASHINGTON — Deficit spending and non-emergency items like repairing the Smithsonian's roof prompted Sen. Pat Toomey to vote against Sandy... Read More

You pay bill for some legislators’ dry cleaning, art, iPhones

January 29, 2013 | The Seattle Times (Associated Press) | Earmarks & Appropriations

OLYMPIA — A few days after Washington lawmakers approved a budget deal to lower state spending last year, small-government Rep. Gary... Read More

Approval of Sandy bill sparks new fight over disaster money

January 29, 2013 | The CT Mirror | Earmarks & Appropriations

Washington - A long-awaited $50.5 billion Hurricane Sandy-relief bill is heading to President Obama for his signature -- and with that comes... Read More

Disaster aid could reach president’s desk today

January 28, 2013 | Environment and Energy Publishing | Earmarks & Appropriations

An hour before Northeast residents celebrate Congress' final approval of Sandy relief funds this evening, senators will be asked to... Read More

Hurricane Sandy Response Stirs Up Capitol Hill Lobbyists

January 25, 2013 | Bloomberg Businessweek | Earmarks & Appropriations

Lobbyists representing interests more than a thousand miles from Hurricane Sandy’s landfall competed with East Coast beach towns and... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More