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  1. Duty suspended, contributions tendered

    By Bill Allison Nov 18, 2009 3:39 p.m.

    Dave Maass reports on the latest round of tariff suspensions in San Diego City Beat, doing a nice job of following the money between beneficiaries of these measures that reduce taxes for a small number of beneficiaries (usually one) and the members of Congress who propose them.

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  2. $4.5 billion-dollar tariff break back

    By Bill Allison Apr 13, 2009 6:56 p.m.

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  3. Tariff Action Coalition formed

    By Bill Allison Mar 31, 2009 3 a.m.

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  4. Ban on Mexican trucks leads to Mexican tariffs

    By Bill Allison Mar 27, 2009 2:28 a.m.

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  5. World Bank says protection on the rise

    By Bill Allison Mar 18, 2009 12:36 p.m.

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  6. Grassley seeks lobbyist disclosure for tariff bills

    By Bill Allison Mar 16, 2009 3:56 p.m.

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  7. Notes and Methodology on the Tariff Suspensions

    By Bill Allison Dec 15, 2008 4:59 p.m.

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  8. New database brings transparency to tariff bills

    By Bill Allison Dec 10, 2008 6:22 p.m.

    Though they likely won't become law in 2008, more than 800 bills that were introduced by 116 members of the House, that would cut taxes on imports by an estimated $1.1 billion, and that were specifically requested by 120 companies and organizations that would benefit from them, are still pending in the 110th Congress. The bills reduce or eliminate tariffs on everything from unicycles to storage batteries for hybrid cars, from hair fibers of the rare vicua to chemicals for making rodent poison. Of the named beneficiaries, 65 hired in-house or outside lobbyists that listed specific bills or tariff duty suspensions as issues they sought to influence, an analysis of records from the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), and the Senate Office of Public Records shows.

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