Budget & Tax
approved significant spending cuts over the next decade. There are many different options Congress will consider as it tackles the $16 trillion national debt that is inhibiting our nation’s overall economic growth.
Tax policy has emerged as one of the few areas that both political parties agree needs considerable reform. Over the years, the nation’s tax code has become littered with special interest tax breaks known as “tax expenditures.” Lawmakers must address the profusion of specialized tax breaks that cost taxpayers more than $1 trillion in revenue every fiscal year. A simpler, flatter, fairer tax code will better serve taxpayers.
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August 1, 2013
Dear Senator,
American taxpayers deserve to know the priorities of their... 
The Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure met Wednesday, July 31 to discuss the... 
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Hatch (R-UT) should be commended for their ‘Blank Slate’ approach to tax... 
Today, TCS joined 29 other diverse organizations in a letter urging transparency within the tax reform debate.... 
July 22, 2013
Dear Speaker Boehner,
We understand that the House of... 
Late Wednesday night the House wrapped up debate on the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2014. Several... 
The Senate's Environment and Public Works committee is taking up a water project bill that could cost taxpayers billions.... 
Congress and the President do not need to plunge taxpayers off a “Fiscal Cliff”. Common sense solutions can make government work and put the country on sound footing to deal with our deficits and debt.... 
The so-called Farm Bill currently being negotiated in Congress is shaping up to be another taxpayer-funded handout to wealthy landowners,... 
Federally subsidized crop insurance has become the largest taxpayer support for agriculture. But not all parts of the agriculture industry... 
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