Obama’s Stimulus Jobs: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Posted: 10/3/2011 1:28:00 AM
The company handling the bulk of the cleanup at the massive Hanford nuclear waste site in Washington State celebrated when it received more than $1 billion of Obama stimulus funds in 2009. Dee Mil…
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The I-bank Dilemma: Another Fannie and Freddie?
Posted: 9/14/2011 11:09:00 AM
In 1999, the state of California invested a mere $161 million in an experimental “infrastructure bank” to underwrite loans to build sewer systems, light rail and other public works. Since then, th…
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9/11: A Windfall for Homeland Security Companies
Posted: 9/8/2011 12:00:00 AM
While there’s certainly an argument to be made over whether government spending on homeland security since 9/11 has made the nation safer, companies like Rapiscan Systems, makers of security scree…
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Super Committee: Is It Gridlock All Over Again?
Posted: 8/17/2011 2:14:00 PM
Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Jeb Hensarling come from different parties, different political philosophies, different genders and different backgrounds. Murray, D-Wash., and Hensarling, R-Texas, even…
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Hal Rogers, Earmark King, Goes on a Pork-free Diet
Posted: 8/9/2011 11:34:00 AM
The longtime “Prince of Pork” has now miraculously become the “Count of Cuts.”
Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers, R-Ky., was once known for his zest for pork-barrel spending as a senior Republican on …
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