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Common Sense Cuts

Taxpayers for Common Sense has been working hard to meet the challenge of that the so-called Super Committee is facing - $1.2-1.5... Read More

Super Cuts for the Super Committee

Taxpayers for Common Sense has been working hard to meet the challenge of that the so-called Super Committee is facing - $.12-1.5... Read More

Report Highlights Significant Savings in Essential Air Service Program

September 12, 2011 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense is pleased to join National Resources Defense Council, Reason Foundation, and the American Bus Assocation in a... Read More

After 9/11: A Decade of Watching War on Terror Spending

September 08, 2011 | National Security

This week marks the ten-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Our national security... Read More

Comparing Proposals for a National Infrastructure Bank

September 07, 2011 | Transportation & Infrastructure

With extension of the nation's surface transportation program currently being debated in the halls of Congress, policymakers are... Read More

Transportation: Gridlock may lead to Crashes Ahead

The daunting challenges Congress faces in the next month regarding the nation's transportation programs when it returns next week: 1.... Read More

Taxpayer Guide to Pentagon Contracting

August 23, 2011 | National Security

Tracking contracts in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is daunting. DOD purchases more than $1 billion of goods and services every... Read More

Green Scissors 2011

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined environmental, consumer watchdog, and free-market groups today to release Green Scissors 2011, which... Read More

Myth v. Fact: Oil and Gas Companies’ Effective Tax Rate

August 12, 2011 | Energy , Natural Resources

Oil and gas companies have complained that they pay an effective tax rate of 41%.... Read More

Essentially Wasteful: The Essential Air Service

Congress has split town leaving an important deal unfinished. Yes, the debt ceiling got raised, but there’s another important piece of... Read More

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Weekly Wastebasket

Our weekly reality-check for federal spending. View All

February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More