Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
Update January 10, 2013:
We’ve combed through the House Appropriations Chairman Rogers Sandy Supplemental bill (HR 152 and his...
The Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantee program carries extremely high taxpayer risk, potentially jeopardizing billions of taxpayer dollars if energy project loans default....
Several administrative changes could be implemented to reduce taxpayer costs and limit the unintended consequences of federal crop insurance. ...
The final agreement signed by the president to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” contains several items related to transportation that...
At the 11th hour lawmakers and the White House agreed to a deal on the fiscal cliff. While the deal was crafted to address urgent tax...
Since the early 20th century, the federal government and private industry have attempted to commercialize oil shale but after years of...
Taxpayers for Common Sense awarded the Golden Fleece to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency for wasting taxpayer funds on risk management education for crops ranging from Christmas trees to turf grass....
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....
With fiscal cliff looming, TCS calls for end to government handouts for failed oil shale experiments....
“Punt and go home.” That’s the message that Taxpayers for Common Sense wants to send to lawmakers.
Ryan Alexander, president of the...
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While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...
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