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Landrieu: Feinberg Will Improve BP Claims Process

By | 07.14.10 | 12:53 pm

In an interview with TWI yesterday at the Capitol, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said she is confident that Kenneth Feinberg, who has been charged by the White House with overseeing claims from the BP oil spill, will make the process more efficient in the coming weeks.

Landrieu said it will More…

Campus Right Unbowed by O’Keefe Scandal

By | 02.03.10 | 6:00 am

When James O’Keefe applied for a grant to fund a conservative newspaper at Rutgers University, he appealed to people like Sarah Longwell. As the senior program officer at the Collegiate Network, she toured campuses across America to help conservative and libertarian students start newspapers or keep their publications running. She More…

Vitter Still Loves Him Some Earmarks

By | 05.28.09 | 5:35 pm

Sen. David Vitter, (R-LA), is doing everything he can to keep his earmark-loving reputation alive by seeking roughly $1.1 billion earmarks in the federal 2010 budget. This, despite the fact that Vitter’s Website says his “top budget priority is to establish greater fiscal discipline.”