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Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
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Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
NOT SO FAST! Campaign by conservatives, watchdog groups aims to trim $30 billion in ‘pork’ from long-delayed Sandy relief package
January 14, 2013 |
New York Daily News |
Not so, um, fast, Sandy victims.
Conservatives and watchdog groups are waging a campaign they call Not So Fast aimed at trimming about $30... 
Sandy relief bill swells aid for past disasters, House set to vote Tuesday on smaller version
January 14, 2013 |
The Washington Post (AP) |
WASHINGTON — Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a “not-so-fast” campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package...
Michigan is among a handful of states that may not get money from SuperStorm Sandy relief bill
January 14, 2013 |
Michigan Radio (NPR) |
It appears Michigan will be left out of a massive federal spending bill intended to primarily help the victims of Superstorm Sandy.
The...
New Jersey lawmaker calls for ‘clean’ Sandy bill
January 13, 2013 |
News Channel 10 (Gannet) |
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Rob Andrews of New Jersey is asking colleagues to approve a Hurricane Sandy disaster package that focuses only...
Pork is Not Kosher: N.J. Democratic Rep Andrews Demands Sandy Bill be ‘Stripped of All Pork’
January 13, 2013 |
The New Jersey Newsroom |
New Jersey’s Democrats are still reeling from Washington’s perennial ‘business as usual’ mentality after the first Sandy Aid bill contained...
Sandy relief votes, politics will continue this week in Congress
January 13, 2013 |
The Morning Call (McClatchy Newspapers) |
WASHINGTON — The aftermath of Superstorm Sandy for Northeastern lawmakers comes down to: Show us the money.
Members of the U.S. House of...
Watchdog: $51B Sandy bill larded with extra spending, group says
January 13, 2013 |
MyCentralJersey.com (Gannet) |
WASHINGTON — A taxpayer group has found plenty to criticize in legislation that would spend $51 billion helping victims of superstorm...
Strip the pork from aid bill
January 12, 2013 |
Asbury Park Press (AP) |
Come Tuesday, when the House of Representatives plans to vote on the $51 billion Sandy aid package, it is imperative that all the pork be...
Storm in Congress over disaster-aid bill
January 12, 2013 |
San Francisco Chronicle (AP) |
Washington -- Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package...
Hurricane Sandy relief package swells aid for past disasters elsewhere
January 12, 2013 |
The Times-Picayune (NOLA) |
Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Hurricane Sandy aid package that...
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