Pressroom Articles

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Buried Within Omnibus Bill, A 'Long-Term Blank Check For War Spending': 12/12/2014

Sarah Lazare - Common Dreams

Analysts warn that "emergency" war spending fund, which was supposed to be temporary, has become permanent fixture that inflates Pentagon's budget


The Ominous Cromnibus: 12/12/2014

Isaiah J. Poole - Campaign for America's Future

With all of the justifiable anger directed at what’s in the 2015 spending bill – the omnibus continuing resolution or “cromnibus” – that the House struggled to pass late Thursday, there is also a major story to be told about what’s not in the bill. 


Congress And Pentagon Shielding Weapons Contracts From Budget Cuts: 12/11/2014

Thomas Hedges - The Real News Network

Lawmakers and military administrators are shifting baseline funding to the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) budget, which is exempt from mandatory cuts.



$300,000 An Hour: The Cost Of Fighting Isis: 11/12/2014

Uri Friedman - The Atlantic


How To Save The Economy And Slow Climate Change At The Same Time: 11/03/2014

Lindsay Koshgarian & Heidi Garrett-Peltier - OurFuture.org

   


Experts Question Gop’S Isis-Sequester Link : 10/26/2014

Rebecca Shabad - The Hill


Defense Hopes For Sequester Relief: 10/26/2014

Martin Matishak and Rebecca Shabad - The Hill


Three Winning Ways To Create Jobs: 10/21/2014

Lindsay Koshgarian - Campaign for America's Future