Congress’ Sneaky Tactic to Grab More Land for the Government

Does Congress really need to add to the federal estate when the feds already own 640 million acres of land, approaching one-third the total area of the United States?

Robert Gordon, Nicolas Loris, , --December 2, 2014

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Congress has returned from the mid-term elections and members are hammering out the details of the National Defense Authorization Act.
NDAA, which has passed for more than 50 years consecutively, provides policy guidance for the U.S. defense budget. The importance of the NDAA to the defense budgeting process and its traditional status as a “must-pass” piece of legislation makes it an inviting target for pet projects and wasteful spending. More...

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