Library

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

Organizational Review of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter have instituted a review of the organization of the Office of... Read More

New Report Finds Millionaires Still Receive Farm Subsidies

September 04, 2013

New Report Finds Millionaires Still Receive Farm Subsidies Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report finding that farm subsidies are still being paid to millionaires... Read More

Taxpayers Cannot Afford a $1 Trillion Farm Bill

September 11, 2013

Taxpayers Cannot Afford a $1 Trillion Farm Bill Today, TCS sent a letter urging the House to reject a new trillion dollar farm bill and instead enact a short-term extension.... Read More

TCS Submits Comments on Draft Solicitation for Advanced Fossil Energy Projects

September 10, 2013

TCS Submits Comments on Draft Solicitation for Advanced Fossil Energy Projects On July 2, the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office announced a draft loan guarantee solicitation for advanced fossil energy... Read More

Department of Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Program

August 29, 2013

Department of Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Program Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) authorized the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles... Read More

Taxpayer Supports for Biomass in Federal Farm Bill

August 28, 2013

Taxpayer Supports for Biomass in Federal Farm Bill For years, proponents of bioenergy and biofuels promised that the industry would help reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels, decrease... Read More

Wanna Giveaway?: Congress Using Budget Gimmicks to Reverse Air Traffic Cuts

April 26, 2013

Wanna Giveaway?: Congress Using Budget Gimmicks to Reverse Air Traffic Cuts 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... Read More

Bringing Sequester in for a Landing: Congress on Verge of Avoiding FAA Furloughs with Budget Gimmicks

April 25, 2013

Bringing Sequester in for a Landing: Congress on Verge of Avoiding FAA Furloughs with Budget Gimmicks Update (9:03 pm): The Senate has gone with option 1 (see below), allowing for the transfer of $250 million from the Airport Improvement... Read More

Loan Guarantee Program 101

October 16, 2012

Loan Guarantee Program 101 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.... Read More

Farm Bill 101

October 02, 2012

Farm Bill 101 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.... Read More

Supporting Passenger Mobility and Choice by Breaking Modal Stovepipes: Comparing Amtrak and Motorcoach Service

July 30, 2013

Supporting Passenger Mobility and Choice by Breaking Modal Stovepipes: Comparing Amtrak and Motorcoach Service 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.... Read More

Essential Air Service Dataset

April 04, 2013

Essential Air Service Dataset The Essential Air Service (EAS) is a federal subsidy program created in the 1970s as part of airline deregulation. Though the program was... Read More

Weekly Wastebasket

Our weekly reality-check for federal spending. View All

September 13, 2013

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters... Read More