Posted on May 14th, 2013 by William Christian
“The farmers love this bill, The farmers love this bill, High, HIGH, the dairies go, The farmers love this bill!” While it’s a tortured version of the original, the verse scribbled above represents a more fitting rendition of the classic nursery rhyme these days, given ongoing congressional action. Today, the Senate will markup its version (S. [...]
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Posted on April 12th, 2013 by Sean Kennedy
The Obama Administration may have just hammered the last nail into the coffin of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). As part of his fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget, President Obama refused to add money for the troubled program, keeping with his promise to cease funding following a two year proof of concept phase [...]
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Posted on March 20th, 2013 by Sean Kennedy
Alaska has long received more than its fair share of federal funding. Numerous studies throughout the years list the state as the biggest beneficiary of federal spending, receiving more per capita than anywhere else in the country. The late Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) never apologized for directing money to his home state, and Alaska routinely [...]
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Posted on October 16th, 2012 by CAGW Staff
The ARC was created by Congress in 1965 to “bring the 13 Appalachian states into the mainstream of the American economy.” The commission represents a partnership of federal, state, and local governments, and covers all of West Virginia, and portions of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, [...]
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Posted on October 8th, 2012 by CAGW Staff
The Daily Waste will be taking aim at the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants and how its elimination can amount to big savings for taxpayers. The JAG program has been around since 1988 in one form or another. In 2005, Congress merged several Department of Justice (DOJ) grant programs under the JAG umbrella. In [...]
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Posted on October 4th, 2012 by CAGW Staff
Since 1965, LWCF state recreation grants have provided matching funds to state and local governments that improve or purchase lands for parks. The amounts have fluctuated from as low as zero in 1996 to $140 million in 2002. It makes no sense to tax people all over the United States to pay for public parks [...]
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Posted on August 29th, 2012 by CAGW Staff
Today on the Daily Waste we will be looking at the Essential Air Service and its identity as a wasteful program. The EAS was created in the 1970s after airline deregulation in an effort to retain air service in smaller communities. Unfortunately, the program has resulted in exorbitant airline subsidies to communities where service otherwise [...]
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Posted on December 2nd, 2011 by Sean Kennedy
The prolonged saga of the alternate engine has finally come to a close. General Electric (GE) and Rolls-Royce, the makers of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F136 alternate engine, announced today that they will suspend their fighter engine teams, concluding work on the project. GE and Rolls-Royce have been supplying funding for the development of [...]
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Posted on September 30th, 2011 by Sean Kennedy
Created in 1995, the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) is a collaborative missile defense project intended to replace the Patriot Missile system, which has been used by the U.S. and its allies for decades. A Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S., Germany, and Italy required that the U.S. pony up 58 percent of the [...]
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Posted on April 29th, 2011 by Sean Kennedy
According to its website, the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) was established in 1986 to promote economic and social advancements and encourage contact, dialogue and reconciliation between nationalists and unionists throughout Ireland. In a review of a glowing book about IFI released in January 2009, author Sean Donlon admitted, “While the fund will continue its [...]
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