Senator Tom Coburn has announced that the federal government has more than $70 billion in unspent earmarks on its books that must account for. This includes monies that were designated for state and local projects that those localities later chose not to do.The $70 billion figure is money that's been unspent for years, including $13 billion in road-building money that was earmarked to the wrong
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Thursday, 7 June 2012
What To Do With $70 Billion in Unspent Earmarks
Posted on 08:40 by Unknown
Posted in airlines, bridges, budget, infrastructure, mass transit, subways and tunnels, Tom Coburn, transportation
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Thursday, 19 April 2012
The Rebuilding of Ground Zero, Part 158
Posted on 13:20 by Unknown
It looks like the Port Authority and the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum have come to an agreement on construction costs. Payments will begin going out to subcontractors starting today, but the deal still requires finalization and approval by the Port Authority's Board. The subcontractors were caught in the middle of a dispute between the Port, which owns the World Trade Center site, and
Posted in 9/11, Ground Zero, PANY-NJ, rebuilding, Tom Coburn, WTC Memorial, WTC Museum
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Thursday, 2 February 2012
Sen. Tom Coburn Rejects Funding For WTC Museum
Posted on 16:00 by Unknown
Funding for the WTC Museum and Memorial has been a longstanding problem. This is a national memorial and shrine to those who were killed in the attacks, and a museum to educate future generations as to what happened. So it is extremely disappointing to see that Sen. Tom Coburn, a Republican is blocking a $20 million funding proposal of the WTC memorial and museum.
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U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, a
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