Letters to Congress  

Click Here for an archive of previous letters to Congress. May 2008 May 13, 2008 -- Letter to Congress: Oppose Farm Bill Conference Report May 7, 2008 -- Letter to the Senate: Oppose Harmful Amendments to S. 2284 May 7, 2008 -- Letter to the Speaker: Honor the Committee Process with the FY08 Supplemental May 7, 2008 -- Letter to the President: Veto the Farm Bill April 2008 April 30, 2008 -- Letter to the House: Minimize Farm Bill Harm April 15, 2008 -- Letter to the Senate: Support Coburn Coconut Road Amendment February 2008 February 28, 2008 -- Taxpayer Letter to the President and Congressional Leadership: Veto an Unreformed Farm Bill November 2007 November 5, 2007 -- Coalition Letter to Congress: Stop No-Bid Earmarks October 2007 October 31, 2007 -- Coalition Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership: Suspend Earmarks for Companies Under Federal Investigation October 31, 2007 -- Letter to the Senate: Oppose Blank Check Loan Guarantees in Final Energy Bill October 3, 2007 -- Letter to the Senate: Oppose Waste in Space September 2007 September 26, 2007 -- Letter to Reps. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Doc Hastings: TCS Requests Ethics Investigation of Coconut Road Investigation September 24, 2007 -- Letter to the Senate: Oppose Water Resources Development Act September 21, 2007 -- Letter to the Senate: Support Webb-McCaskill Wartime Contract Commission Amendment to FY08 Defense Authorization September 19, 2007 -- Letter to the Senate: Oppose Amendments to Defense Authorization Bill Allowing Long-Term Coal-to-Liquid Contracts August 2007 August 3, 2007 -- Letter to the House: Oppose Coal-to-Liquid Loan Guarantees, Price Floors and Mandates in the House Energy Bill (pdf) July 2007 July 31, 2007 -- Letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: Sen. Stevens Should Step Down from Committee Leadership Posts (pdf) July 25, 2007 -- Letter to the House: Support Doggett Amendment to Strip Tobacco Subsidies from the Farm Bill June 2007 June 28, 2007 -- Letter to the House: Support Amendments to Rein in Financial Services Appropriations’ Earmarks June 28, 2007 -- Letter to Senate Appropriations: Don’t Fund Unnecessary Nukes June 21, 2007 -- Coalition Letter to Senate: End Unnecessary Handouts to Big Oil: Vote Yes on Wyden-Sununu Amendment June 19, 2007 -- Letter to the House: It's Time to Change Outdated Mining Law June 14, 2007 -- Coalition Letter to House and Senate Leadership: Reform Congressional Financial Disclosure Rules June 13, 2007 -- Letter to the Senate: Oppose Amendments for Coal to Liquid Subsidies June 13, 2007 -- Letter to the House: Stop Taxpayer-Funded Subsidies for Tongass Longging Roads, Support Andrews/Chabot Amendment June 5, 2007 -- Letter to House Natural Resources Committee: Take a Bite Out of Oil and Gas Giveaways (pdf) May 2007 May 14, 2007 -- Coalition Letter to Chairman Peterson and Ranking Member Goodlatte: Oppose Dairy Price Support Program May 14, 2007 -- Letter to the Blue Dog Democrats: Stop Taxpayer Funded Subsidies for Tongass Logging Roads May 9, 2007 -- Letter to the Senate: Oppose Water Resources Development Act of 2007 May 2, 2007 -- Letter to the Senate: Cosponsor the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act April 2007 April 25, 2007 -- Letter to the Senate Commerce, Science, Transportation Committee: Support Deepwater Reform March 2007 March 28, 2007 -- Letter to the Senate: Support Amendments to Strike Non-Emergency Spending from the So-Called Emergency Spending Bill March 27, 2007 -- Letter to the House: Support Flake Amendments to Strike Wasteful Programs from H.R. 1401 March 13, 2007 -- Letter to the House: Support the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act March 7, 2007 -- Letter to the Senate: Support the 2007 Government Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act March 6, 2007 -- Letter to the House and Senate Budget Committees: Farm Subsidy Reform Begins with the Budget February 2007 February 8, 2007 -- Letter to the House and Senate: Bold Reform Needed in 2007 Farm Bill January 2007 January 23, 2007 -- Letter to the Senate: Support Cloture on Gregg “A Second Look At Wasteful Spending” Amendment January 12, 2007 -- Letter to the Senate: Approve DeMint Amendment to Improve Earmark Disclosure and Transparency January 2, 2007 -- Letter to the House: Taxpayers Demand “Leave No Earmark Behind” Reforms December 2006 December 4, 2006 -- Letter to the House: Oppose Giveaway of Billions in Oil and Gas Revenues November 2006 November 28, 2006 -- Letter to Rep. Pelosi and Sen. Harry Reid: No Congressional Pensions for Felons September 2006 September 26, 2006 -- Letter to the House: Stop the Farm Subsidy Handout September 21, 2006 -- Taxpayer Coalition Letter to Congress: Include Reforms in Final WRDA Legislation September 8, 2006 -- Letter to Congress: Quickly Complete Spending Transparency Legislation September 6, 2006 -- Open Letter to Senate Majority Leader Frist: Bring Transparency Database Legislation to Senate Floor July 2006 July 25, 2006 -- Letter to Congressman Kolbe: COIN Act Makes "Cents" for Federal Taxpayers July 24, 2006 -- Letter to the Senate: Don't Give Away Federal Oil Royalties June 2006 June 29, 2006 -- Taxpayer Coaltion Letter to the Senate: Support Real Reforms in WRDA June 27, 2006 -- Taxpayer Coaltion Letter to the House: Support Flood Insurance Reform June 26, 2006 -- Letter to House: Oppose Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act June 22, 2006 -- Letter to Senate: Cut GNEP Funding June 21, 2006 -- Letter to House: Support Line Item Veto June 20, 2006 -- Open Letter to Senate: Support Transparency Legislation June 8, 2006 -- Green Scissors Campaign Letter to House: Cut Subsidies for Big Oil June 8, 2006 -- Letter to Senate: Support Grassley Government Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act June 5, 2006 -- Coalition Letter to House and Senate: Cut $4 Billion Agriculture Spending from Emergency Supplemental Bill May 2006 May 23, 2006 -- Letter to House: Cut Funding for Global Nuclear Energy Partnership May 23, 2006 -- Taxpayer Coalition Letter to the House: Stop MAP and Sugar Subsidies in Agriculture Bill May 23, 2006 -- Letter to House: Stop Agriculture Bill Earmarks May 16, 2006 -- Letter to House: End Royalty Relief May 15, 2006 -- Taxpayer Coalition Letter to House: Support Chabot Amendment to End Tongass Subsidies May 1, 2006 -- Letter to House: Oppose H.R. 4200 April 2006 April 20, 2006 -- Taxpayer Coalition Letter to Senate: WRDA Fails to Build on Katrina Lessons March 2006 March 29, 2006 -- Letter to the Senate: Closture Stymies Real Lobby Reform February 2006 February 9, 2006 -- Letter to Senate Leadership: Oppose 'Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act' January 2006 January 24, 2005 -- Taxpayer Coalition Letter to Sen. Richard Shelby: Federal Flood Insurance Program Needs Reform January 19, 2005 -- Letter to House and Senate Leadership: Taxpayers Demand Congressional Reform of Lobbying And Earmarking

Taxpayers for Common Sense is a non-partisan budget watchdog that serves as an independent voice for American taxpayers.  Now in its second decade of service to the nation, TCS seeks to ensure that our government spends taxpayer money efficiently and responsibly by working to eliminate wasteful and harmful federal spending.