Taxpayers for Common Sense and allied organizations urge support for a crop insurance transparency amendment... 
Congress and the President went bungee jumping off the cliff and are going to be in the same position in just a few short months ...
As special interest spending provisions that were slipped into legislation, they were key to getting votes on bills and keeping members of Congress in line. ...
Open, transparent government is a cornerstone of our democracy. Open government means public disclosure policies that enable citizens to access information about government agencies and Congress easily, which in turn will make public officials less secretive and hold them more accountable. ...More
Effective public disclosure requires that government agencies prioritize publicly important data, disclose and use new technologies, and make information about public and private goods and services available to the public in a clear and timely manner. More detailed, prompt public disclosure of lobbying information, for example, will help taxpayers better understand which special interests are attempting to influence policy.
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August 09, 2013
It’s been a busy summer!
So far, we’ve been instrumental in exposing corporate subsidies in the farm bill. We gained ground in our fight... 
August 01, 2013
August 1, 2013
Dear Senator,
American taxpayers deserve to know the priorities of their...
July 31, 2013
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Hatch (R-UT) should be commended for their ‘Blank Slate’ approach to tax...
July 26, 2013
Today, TCS joined 29 other diverse organizations in a letter urging transparency within the tax reform debate....
July 24, 2013
Propsals would cut wasteful spending and increase transparency....
July 16, 2013
July 22, 2013
Dear Speaker Boehner,
We understand that the House of...
May 23, 2013
Every five or so years, Congress has an opportunity to reform agriculture policy in the farm bill, a massive piece of legislation that has...
March 20, 2013
The Senate's Environment and Public Works committee is taking up a water project bill that could cost taxpayers billions....
January 03, 2013
The final agreement signed by the president to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” contains several items related to transportation that are...
January 03, 2013
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At the 11th hour lawmakers and the White House agreed to a deal on the fiscal cliff. While the deal was crafted to address urgent tax hikes...
September 16, 2013 | Fort Worth Star Telegram
FORT WORTH — They’re not exactly bridges to nowhere, but when three new bridges in Fort Worth’s massive Trinity Uptown project are complete...
September 16, 2013 | Long Island Newsday
The Long Island Rail Road wants to spend $300 million in federal Sandy money to complete its Double Track effort between Farmingdale and...
September 16, 2013 | Bucks County Courier Times
The lead story in the Dec. 14, 2009 edition of the Washington Post began: “The Senate cleared for Obama’s signature on Sunday a $447 billion...
September 10, 2013 | Politico
In 2005, David A. Jones Sr., founder of health insurance giant Humana Inc., needed help raising money for a Louisville, Ky., parks project...
September 09, 2013 | The Federal Times
The House could move forward as early as next week with a fiscal 2014 continuing resolution, a spokeswoman for the House Appropriations...
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This week, the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force released their report on the rebuilding effort, lessons...
July 11, 2013
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