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Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
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TCS Statement on House Rejection of 2013 Farm Bill
June 20, 2013
Below is a statement by Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on the House's rejection of the 2013 farm bill. ...
Below you can find materials from all of the different issues we work on organized by type of content. Click on the column heading for a complete list within an individual content type.
Organizational Review of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
September 17, 2013
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter have instituted a review of the organization of the Office of...
New Report Finds Millionaires Still Receive Farm Subsidies
September 04, 2013
Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report finding that farm subsidies are still being paid to millionaires...
Taxpayers Cannot Afford a $1 Trillion Farm Bill
September 11, 2013
Today, TCS sent a letter urging the House to reject a new trillion dollar farm bill and instead enact a short-term extension....
TCS Submits Comments on Draft Solicitation for Advanced Fossil Energy Projects
September 10, 2013
On July 2, the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office announced a draft loan guarantee solicitation for advanced fossil energy...
Department of Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Program
August 29, 2013
Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) authorized the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles...
Taxpayer Supports for Biomass in Federal Farm Bill
August 28, 2013
For years, proponents of bioenergy and biofuels promised that the industry would help reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels, decrease...
Wanna Giveaway?: Congress Using Budget Gimmicks to Reverse Air Traffic Cuts
April 26, 2013
Update (12:30pm) - The House passed this bill today 361-41, and it now goes to the President for his signature. Though the bill does shift...
Bringing Sequester in for a Landing: Congress on Verge of Avoiding FAA Furloughs with Budget Gimmicks
April 25, 2013
Update (9:03 pm): The Senate has gone with option 1 (see below), allowing for the transfer of $250 million from the Airport Improvement...
Loan Guarantee Program 101
October 16, 2012
A basic primer on the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program and answers general questions on the history, administration, and overall effect of the program....
Farm Bill 101
October 02, 2012
The Farm Bill is a massive piece of legislation that guides food and farm policy. It covers wide-ranging topics from rural broadband service to farm subsidy payments....
Supporting Passenger Mobility and Choice by Breaking Modal Stovepipes: Comparing Amtrak and Motorcoach Service
July 30, 2013
This analysis compares customer costs (fare, travel time) and societal costs (government subsidies, air emissions) associated with twenty specific trips that can currently be taken between select U.S. city pairs on both an Amtrak train and on a scheduled intercity motorcoach bus....
Essential Air Service Dataset
April 04, 2013
The Essential Air Service (EAS) is a federal subsidy program created in the 1970s as part of airline deregulation. Though the program was...
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