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  • Obama to Link Aid for Colleges to Affordability


    NYT > Theater — Authority Authority: 865
    President Obama is proposing a financial aid overhaul that would tie colleges’ eligibility for campus-based aid programs to the institutions’ success in improving affordability and value for students.
    3 days ago

  • Global Hawk Rumored to be Cut


    Defense Procurement News — Authority Authority: 116
    Today the Pentagon will begin to present its plans to reduce the U.S. defense budget by close to $500 billion over the next ten years. There have already been reports of programs being ended or reduced but so far none have been confirmed. As the plans are revealed it will be seen if these reports are true. ...
    4 days ago

  • Russia to raise coal output to 430 mn tonnes


    Thaindian News — Authority Authority: 534
    Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will boost its coal output from last year’s 330 million tonnes to 430 million tonnes by 2030 to meet the growing domestic and world demand, said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Tuesday.“We are working out measures which will allow us to increase output by 100 million tonnes ...
    6 days ago

  • Week in Review, or Slowly Starting 2012


    NEWScience Policy — Authority Authority: 85
    It was a quiet week in Washington, not surprisingly since most of the political action seemed to be taking place in  Iowa and South Carolina! I erroneously reported in my last posting that the House was going to be in session last week, when in fact both chambers were still essentially in recess. The Senate and the ...
    1 week ago

  • Cascade’s School Choice Beginnings


    Oregon Catalyst — Authority Authority: 115
    January 22-28 is National School Choice Week Why is school choice such an important part of Cascade Policy Institute’s agenda? Partially, because it is the issue that got us started back in 1991. In 1990 a small group, including myself, … Continue reading →
    1 week ago

  • Spending Money to Make Money


    California Progress Report — Authority Authority: 120
    By Pedro Morillas CALPIRG With the second anniversary approaching of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case – which opened the floodgates to corporate spending on elections – it’s worth a look at whether playing in politics actually pays off for corporate interests. As it so happens, it ...
    1 week ago

  • House Votes to Block Obama on Borrowing


    NYT > Theater — Authority Authority: 865
    In a mainly symbolic protest, the Republican-led House blocked President Obama’s request to borrow an additional $1.2 trillion.
    1 week ago

  • “Conservatives” Angling for a NEW National Tax?


    Sonoran Alliance — Authority Authority: 474
      Right when we should be CUTTING spending (not just the rate of increase, but ACTUAL spending) and lowering taxes, certain elements of the RNC and “think tanks” are angling not just to keep existing spending and taxes going but ADD an entirely NEW federal tax for us to pay. What the heck is going on, ...
    1 week ago

  • IRS: Tax Gap Stands at Nearly Half a Trillion


    The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority Authority: 97
    Earlier this month, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released an updated analysis of the tax gap – the difference between the total amount in federal taxes owed by people and businesses, and the total paid. What did the IRS find? In 2006, the most recent year for which information is available, Americans ...
    1 week ago

  • Ruth (Marcus): Romney Reforms More Ruthless Than (Even) Ryan’s


    EconomistMom.com — Authority Authority: 94
    The Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus points out that if Mitt Romney really cares about the poor, he has a funny way of showing it–in this case, regarding his ideas for fiscal policy reforms: “I’m concerned about the poor in this country,” Mitt Romney said the other day. “We have to make sure the safety ...
    1 week ago

  • Congress Sees Few Barriers to Extending Payroll Tax Cut


    NYT > Theater — Authority Authority: 865
    Both sides have given ground in Congress’s fight over a yearlong payroll deal, but how to pay for it remains a thorny question.
    1 week ago

  • Jeffrey Zients tapped to lead Office of Management and Budget


    heave-ho.org — Authority Authority: 449
    President Obama has tapped Jeffrey D. Zients to serve as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, the White House announced Tuesday. This will be Zients’s second turn as acting director of the agency responsible for crafting the White House federal budget proposal and handling various government ...
    1 week ago

  • Harry Reid should stop pointing fingers and pass a budget


    Capital Land — Authority Authority: 143
    Examiner Editorial Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a novel conception of his job priorities. One recent day, the Nevada Democrat took it upon himself to lecture Republicans on how they should conduct ...
    1 week ago

  • Rep. Jeff Flake: So Just How Broke Are We?


    Sonoran Alliance — Authority Authority: 474
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : January 17, 2012 CONTACT : Genevieve Frye Rozansky Washington, D.C. – Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today illustrated the size and scope of the growing national debt. For a $2 fee and by placing a minimum order of either $8 or $10, some ...
    1 week ago

  • Putting Federal Debt In Perspective


    Free Technology for Teachers — Authority Authority: 590
    I know that this could be a hot-button topic for some readers, but Im not looking to start any kind of political debate with this post. The following video came to my attention through Adam Baker at Man vs. Debt . The video takes the topic of debt ceilings at the federal level and puts it into the context of an ...
    1 week ago

  • 1,000 Days


    FITSNews — Authority Authority: 618
    When Barack Obama strides to the podium of the U.S. House of Representatives to offer his fourth (and hopefully last) State of the Union address on January 24, it will mark a milestone in government dysfunction. And believe it or not, we’re referring to something other than the Obama administration’s disastrous ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Weekly Wastebasket: Bridge on the River (St.) Croix


    carapace - Not your father's america — Authority Authority: 131
      Volume XVII No. 2: January 13, 2012 Several lawmakers want Minnesota and Wisconsin to spend upwards of $700 million to build a bridge that will carry just 18,000 cars a day when it opens. To put this in some perspective, the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis — which collapsed in August 2007 — cost $234 million to ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Government Anesthesia


    Oregon Catalyst — Authority Authority: 115
    Nobody likes pain, but we need it. This may sound counterintuitive or cruel when you are suffering with an injury or illness, but severe dangers accompany a life without pain. A rare genetic disorder renders some people incapable of feeling … Continue reading →
    2 weeks ago

  • Month in Review, or Year in Preview


    NEWScience Policy — Authority Authority: 85
    As Washington slowly wakes up from its holiday nap, I find myself looking forward to the year ahead. The relief of finally having the FY Fiscal Year 2012 appropriations cycle completed—on a positive note for research funding—will be short-lived, as the President readies to give his State of the Union on January ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Analysis: Jobs rate gives Obama positive plot line


    Paternal Prose — Authority Authority: 146
    WASHINGTON — The promising drop in unemployment on Friday looks like a job-security bonus for President Barack Obama as well, undercutting Republicans’ assertions that his economic policies have failed. the president himself heralded the news with his most confident assessment yet. “We’re starting to ...
    2 weeks ago

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