Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
The Role Of The Federal Government In Disaster Relief
May 22, 2013 |
The Diane Rehm Show |
Following the devastating tornado in Oklahoma, the federal government is stepping in. A look at disaster assistance and the politics of... 
Obama Pledges Storm Aid; Some in Congress Talk of Finding Cuts to Offset It
May 22, 2013 |
The New York Times |
WASHINGTON — President Obama vowed Tuesday to marshal the resources of the federal government to help the victims of Oklahoma’s killer...
Shelby provision in water bill would benefit state docks
May 20, 2013 |
Gannett News Service |
WASHINGTON — Ports that move large amounts of energy resources, including the Port of Mobile, would share a new pot of federal money to...
Bill would stop feared Louisiana levee
May 17, 2013 |
Sun Herald |
WASHINGTON -- The water-projects bill the U.S. Senate passed this week could promote investment in ports and protect the Coast from...
Senate-passed water resources bill includes Mississippi River navigation study
May 16, 2013 |
St. Louis Beacon |
WASHINGTON – A major water resources bill approved Wednesday by the U.S. Senate calls for more public-private partnerships in river and...
Senate votes to extend federal water projects law
May 15, 2013 |
Associated Press |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday put aside its partisan differences to extend the federal government's main water resources law,...
Taxpayers Feel the Pain of Washington Arm-Twisting
May 15, 2013 |
U.S. News |
Ever wonder why the federal budget is so hard to tame? Sure, there are philosophical differences, with conservatives pushing for reductions...
McCaskill tackling ‘ghosts of earmarks past’
May 15, 2013 |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
WASHINGTON • Leave it to senators to create something called the Infrastructure Deauthorization Commission to do a job that they might...
How Contractors Raked in $385 Billion to Build and Support Bases Abroad since 2001
May 14, 2013 |
The Huffington Post |
Outside the United States, the Pentagon controls a collection of military bases unprecedented in history. With U.S. troops gone from Iraq...
Appropriator background challenges Kingston in Senate primary
May 14, 2013 |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
WASHINGTON — Jack Kingston’s 20-year career in the U.S. House has been shaped by his work on the powerful Appropriations Committee, where he...
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