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Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
Reports & Data
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
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Letters & Testimony
Use Common Sense to Rappel the Fiscal Cliff
December 05, 2012
Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a “Common Sense Proposal to Rappel the Fiscal Cliff” to the President and congressional leadership....
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.
Big Oil, Big Profits: Industry Tops $120 Billion in 2012
February 05, 2013
As annual financial reports come in, it’s clear the oil and gas industry is looking to continue its decade long trend of being one of the...
Even More Options for Cutting Crop Insurance Costs
February 05, 2013
Defenders of agricultural subsidies at all costs are starting to feel the heat.
Yesterday, professors from Ohio State University,...
Letter to Congress: Harvest Real Savings by Reforming Agriculture Policy
February 14, 2013
Taxpayers for Common Sense and twelve other fiscal watchdogs sent a letter to Congress urging they harvest real savings in any new farm bill....
Step Outside the MOX
February 06, 2013
The Project On Government Oversight and Taxpayers for Common Sense are encouraged by reports of waning support for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX) at the Savannah River Site...
Taxpayer Risks with the Loan Guarantee Program
April 07, 2011 > Updated: August 28, 2012
The Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantee program carries extremely high taxpayer risk, potentially jeopardizing billions of taxpayer dollars if energy project loans default....
Crop Insurance Administrative Policy Changes
January 30, 2013
Several administrative changes could be implemented to reduce taxpayer costs and limit the unintended consequences of federal crop insurance. ...
Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012 > Updated: January 10, 2013
Update January 10, 2013:
We’ve combed through the House Appropriations Chairman Rogers Sandy Supplemental bill (HR 152 and his amendment...
Transportation Tax Provisions within Fiscal Cliff Deal
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...
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....
Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012 > Updated: January 10, 2013
Update January 10, 2013:
We’ve combed through the House Appropriations Chairman Rogers Sandy Supplemental bill (HR 152 and his amendment...
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
With fiscal cliff looming, TCS calls for end to government handouts for failed oil shale experiments....
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