Taxpayers for Common Sense is an independent and non-partisan voice for taxpayers working to increase transparency and expose and eliminate wasteful and corrupt subsidies, earmarks, and corporate welfare.

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BY TCS

Fiscal Year 2011 Earmark Databases

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Releases Earmark Database

Senate Takes a Step Toward Earmark Transparency

Letter to Chairman Oberstar: TCS Supports Efforts to Rescind Unused Transportation Earmarks

Taxpayer Victory--Senate Strips Energy Loan Guarantees from Emergency Spending Bill

ABOUT TCS

MilCon-VA spending bill breezes through House (Government Executive)

Center for Responsive Politics Lauds Improved Disclosure of Transportation Earmarks (Center for Responsive Politics)

Sen. Richard Shelby steers cash to ex-aides (Politico)

Murtha lives on in one pet project (The Hill)

Bracing for Budget Season and Earmark Agonizing (Washington Independent)

FROM WEEKLY WASTEBASKET

Contracting Naughty and Nice List
When a parent ignores bad grades but still gets their wayward teen a new car, the lesson is that screwing up is not only ok—it might even get you re... more

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Transparency and Accountability in the Economic Recovery
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TAXPAYERS ARE READING

House passes first of 12
appropriations bills for 2011
on voice vote (The Hill)

US scientist says much surface
Gulf oil 'dispersed' (BBC
News)

Rangel Is in Talks to End
Ethics Case (Wall Street
Journal)

Earmark transparency bill gets
bipartisan support in Senate
committee vote (The Hill)

House Democrats Have Voted for
A Series of Measures That Cut
the Deficit and Cut Wasteful
Government Spending
(Scottrade)