Senate Republicans Tell You To Bend Over Again

Senate passes earmark-loaded budget bill The Senate approved a $410 billion spending bill Tuesday that will fund the federal government until the end of September, overcoming the objections of Republicans who argue the bill costs too much and is chock-full of pet projects. Utah’s GOP Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett stood in opposition to [...]

One Leg Of Our Nuclear Triad Almost Lost In A Fogbank

For want of polystyrene foam, albeit highly specialized polystyrene foam . . . Nuclear-Warhead Upgrade Delayed; Government Labs Forgot How to Make Parts The Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration had to wait more than a year to refurbish aging nuclear warheads — partly because they had forgotten how to make a [...]