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Will HUD, Amtrak, Ohio get in on Hurricane Sandy relief action?

January 11, 2013 | The Plain Dealer | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress don't want to appear insensitive (again) to the post-disaster needs of New Jersey and New York. Their... Read More

Electric Motorcycle Maker Gets Home-State Help in Tax Deal

January 04, 2013 | Washington Post - Bloomberg | Transportation & Infrastructure

(Updates with comments by Zero Motorcycle executive starting in 18th paragraph.) Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The fine print of Congress’s Jan. 1... Read More

Congress Aids Oregon Electric Motorcycle Maker in Budget

January 03, 2013 | Bloomberg Businessweek | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

The fine print of Congress’s Jan. 1 budget deal includes a tax credit rewritten by Oregon lawmakers to benefit home-state motorcycle... Read More

Sandy’s impact underscores need for national mitigation strategy

One hundred and eleven homes burned to the ground in Queens, flooding in parts of Manhattan forced the financial markets and subways to... Read More

Sandy relief bill gets add-ons to lure GOP votes

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate's $60.4 billion superstorm Sandy relief bill contains more than $20 million for Alaska's fisheries and $188... Read More

Porked-up Sandy relief bill storms into Senate

December 17, 2012 | The Washington Times | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

The Senate’s emergency spending bill to cover costs from Hurricane Sandy includes millions of dollars that will never touch the affected... Read More

Some Spending in Sandy ‘Emergency’ Bill Doesn’t Start Until 2018

December 14, 2012 | National Review | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Republican senators like Arizona’s Jon Kyl and Alabama’s Jeff Sessions have objected to the large Hurricane Sandy relief package. President... Read More

Sand dunes spare NJ homes from Sandy’s destruction

December 12, 2012 | CBS Evening News | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

(CBS News) LONG BEACH ISLAND, N.J. - Six weeks after superstorm Sandy, FEMA said more than half a million homeowners want federal help.... Read More

Barge Lines Want U.S. to Pay Costs of River Improvements

December 10, 2012 | Bloomberg BusinessWeek | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

The threat to barge traffic posed by low water levels on the Mississippi River portends more disruptions if the U.S. government doesn’t pay... Read More

After the Storm, New Questions Arise

December 10, 2012 | New York Times | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

To the Editor: Re “Resisted for Blocking the View, Dunes Prove They Blunt Storms” (front page, Dec. 4): Senators Charles E. Schumer 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