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Our Take | Earmarks & Appropriations
TCS Analysis of the CROmnibus
As always we'll be bringing you ongoing analysis of the spending bill here....
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Our Take | Budget & Tax
Top 10 Tax Cherries On Top of the CROmnibus
Fresh off their $1.1 trillion CROmnibus high, the Senate approved a bill providing dozens of tax breaks to special interests.Here are the top 10 cherries Congress put on the gluttonous CROmnibus...
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TCS Analysis of National Defense Authorization Bill for FY2015
At Taxpayers for Common Sense, we actually enjoy combing through massive pieces of legislation like the National Defense Authorization bill for Fiscal Year 2015. We look for the laudable sections as well as those we believe are wasteful. Keep checking back here to see what we’ve found in the 1600+ pages of bill language....
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Taxpayers Are Losing Millions on Natural Gas Extracted from Federal Land
Using original data, TCS has calculated how much taxpayers are losing in lost natural gas royalties from oil and gas production on federal land....
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Reviving Earmarks is Not Going to Break Congress’ Gridlock
There is wide agreement inside and outside of Washington that the recent level of Congressional dysfunction has reached troubling...
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| Agriculture
New Database Highlights Wasteful, Environmentally-harmful Spending
TCS joins Friends of the Earth and the R Street to produce new interactive database...
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Reports & Data | Budget & Tax
Effective Tax Rates of Oil & Gas Companies: Cashing in on Special Treatment
From 2009-2013 large US-based oil & gas companies paid far less in federal income taxes than the statutory rate of 35%....
CROmnibus Analysis Blog
December 09, 2014
The eagerly anticipated CROmnibus, that will provide funding for the federal government for fiscal year 2015, has finally been... 
Residents Recognize Medicine Bow Plant Isn’t Worth Their Support
December 22, 2014
Last week, it was welcome news to hear that citizens of Hanna, Wyoming are skeptical about the proposed construction of a $2 billion coal to...
Top 10 Tax Cherries On Top of the CROmnibus
December 17, 2014
Fresh off their $1.1 trillion CROmnibus high, the Senate approved a bill providing dozens of tax breaks to special interests. The tax...
House Committee Asks Wrong Questions on Federal Subsidies for Nuclear Energy
December 16, 2014
Members of the Subcommittee on Energy of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology met with the Department of Energy (DOE) and...
TCS Statement on the Senate Passing the CROmnibus spending bill
December 14, 2014
Saturday night the Senate voted 56-40 to pass the CROmnibus. As we have documented (and will continue to document) this bill has many flaws,...
Stocking Stuffers in CROmnibus’ Pentagon Spending
December 12, 2014
The Pentagon portion of the CROmnibus is liberally sprinkled with funding for programs the Pentagon either wants to end or never asked for in...
Billions in Taxpayer-Backed Loans Slated for Risky Nukes
December 10, 2014
Today the Department of Energy issued a $12.5 billion nuclear loan guarantee solicitation. More of a kitchen sink approach this time around,...
Statement by Ms. Ryan Alexander, President, Taxpayers for Common Sense on the fiscal year 2015 Omnib
December 10, 2014
We will analyze this bill and find various spending nuggets and legislative provisions, both good and bad, and then it's time to turn the page...
TCS Analysis of National Defense Authorization Bill for FY2015
December 04, 2014 > Updated: December 09, 2014
At Taxpayers for Common Sense, we actually enjoy combing through massive pieces of legislation like the National Defense Authorization bill...
Letter to Congress: Tax Extenders Extend Deficits
December 03, 2014
TCS letter to the House of Representatives outlining a better approach to tax extenders going forward. ...
Congress, May I?
December 24, 2014 | U.S. News & World Report
The latest defense authorization bill prevents the Pentagon from making money-saving reforms....
Republicans eye obscure budget tool to repeal ObamaCare
December 23, 2014 | The Hill
Republicans on and off Capitol Hill are rallying behind using a rarely deployed budget tool next year to dismantle ObamaCare.
But the issue...
Policy groups take on extenders
December 18, 2014 | Politico
TOP 10 ‘MOST GLUTTONOUS’ EXTENDERS. Taypayers for Common Sense published a list of what it considers the 10 most egregious tax extenders...
Taxpayers are losing millions on natural gas extracted from federal land
November 19, 2014
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) within the Department of the Interior (DOI) manages both leasing on federal lands and leasing of federal...
Superstorm Sandy Spending Report, Two Years Later
October 28, 2014
Wednesday, October 29th marked the second anniversary of Superstorm Sandy hitting the east coast and provided another opportunity to examine...
Updated: Biorefinery Assistance Program Fact Sheet
October 03, 2014
The Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program (formerly the Biorefinery Assistance Program), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development office, is intended to provide grants and loan guarantees to producers of advanced biofuels or heat and power from various bioenergy crops and feedstocks....
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