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Agriculture

In The News
Waste of the Day: Throwback Thursday – Subsidies for Cotton
Aug 27, 2025 | 2 min read

Weekly Wastebasket
Zombie Biofuel Subsidies
Aug 8, 2025 | 7 min read
Fact sheet
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Fact Sheet
Aug 8, 2025 | 1 min read
Comments
Comments on Renewable Fuel Standard for 2025 and 2026
Aug 8, 2025 | 1 min read
Letter
Joint Letter: Accept Public Comments on Changes to 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit
Aug 4, 2025 | 2 min read

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Budget & Tax

Analysis
The Rising Cost of Backdoor Earmarks in the Pentagon Budget
Sep 15, 2025 | 29 min read

Five Fast Facts
Five Fast Facts about Government Shutdowns
Sep 15, 2025 | 5 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
Make Appropriations Great Again
Sep 5, 2025 | 6 min read
In The News
Trump’s Chicago Occupation Could Cost Four Times More Than Housing City Homeless
Sep 3, 2025 | 2 min read
Primer
Government Shutdowns: Assessing the Real Cost to Taxpayers
Sep 3, 2025 | 12 min read

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Disaster

Our Take
When the Storms Come, Who Will Show Up?
Sep 11, 2025 | 4 min read

In The News
Katrina archives: From blue tarps to debris, layers of contractors drive up cost of recovery
Aug 29, 2025 | 2 min read
Issue Brief
Federal Spending and Programs on Wildfire
Aug 28, 2025 | 2 min read
In The News
Slashing beach replenishment budget is eroding confidence in Jersey Republicans
Aug 28, 2025 | 1 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
Twenty Years of Disaster Déjà Vu
Aug 28, 2025 | 8 min read

Energy & Natural Resources

Our Take
Administration to Repeal Recently Updated Oil and Gas Bonding Requirements
Sep 15, 2025 | 4 min read

Weekly Wastebasket
Looking Out for Taxpayers in an Era of Energy Dominance
Sep 12, 2025 | 7 min read
In The News
Oil, gas lease sale nets $6.7 million, mostly for Front Range acreage
Sep 11, 2025 | 2 min read
Our Take
Federal Oil and Gas Lease Sale Leaves Millions on the Table
Sep 10, 2025 | 5 min read
In The News
Bureau of Land Management auctions off leases for oil and gas development in Colorado
Sep 10, 2025 | 1 min read

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National Security

Analysis
The Rising Cost of Backdoor Earmarks in the Pentagon Budget
Sep 15, 2025 | 29 min read

Podcast
BWAF Podcast — Ep. 98: NDAA 2026 and Pentagon Accountability
Sep 12, 2025
Letter
FY2026 NDAA Recommendations for the House
Sep 9, 2025 | 3 min read
Letter
FY2026 NDAA Recommendations for the Senate
Sep 8, 2025 | 10 min read
Letter
FY2026 NDAA Recommendations for the House Rules Committee
Sep 5, 2025 | 7 min read

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Transportation & Infrastructure

Analysis
Funneling Funds Through the Highway Trust Fund
May 29, 2025 | 5 min read

In The News
The highway trust fund isn’t on life support—it’s been dead since 2008
May 22, 2025 | 2 min read
Our Take
Road to Insolvency: Taxpayers Can’t Afford to Bail Out the Highway Trust Fund Forever
Apr 29, 2025 | 6 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
Taxpayers for Common Sense: 2024 Year in Review
Dec 19, 2024 | 7 min read
Our Take
Who Pays When Natural Disaster Strikes?
Nov 21, 2024 | 5 min read

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