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$14 Trillion U.S. Debt Leaves No Room for Treasury-Backed Loan Guarantees for Energy Projects

May 31, 2011 | Energy

WASHINGTON, D.C.///June 1, 2011///With Congress poised to move forward on more taxpayer-backed loan guarantees for nuclear, wind, solar,... Read More

Draft of Administration’s Transportation Reauthorization Revealed

A draft has started floating around of the Obama Administration's reauthorization proposal for the nation's transportation program.... Read More

Reports highlight problems with transportation spending

Billions of taxpayer dollars handed out by the Department of Transportation was distributed on the basis of a flawed selection process,... Read More

Framing the Transportation Debate: Two Recent Documents Highlight Key Issues

Two documents released recently do a great job framing the upcoming debate over reauthorization of the nation’s surface transportation... Read More

TCS Review of CBO Brief: Spending and Funding for Highways

January 21, 2011 | Transportation & Infrastructure

As the 112th Congress begins to tackle runaway deficits, government spending cuts, and congressional earmark bans, they will undoubtedly... Read More

Fiscal Commission Defense Cuts: Strong Start, More Can be Done

November 12, 2010 | National Security

The draft recommendations released this week by the co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform propose... Read More

Election Gives Big-Spending Congressional Committees New Look

November 04, 2010 | Agriculture

The Armed Services Committees are not the only Congressional bodies to see their memberships upended by the midterm elections. The... Read More

Third Quarter Results are in and still the same story: Billions in profit, billions more in subsidie

November 03, 2010 |

Total SA made $3.2 in the third quarter; Shell: $3.5; Chevron: $3.8; Exxon: $7.4; and most telling of all, BP has emerged back into the... Read More

Solar Development Train Leaving the Station, Without Congress

October 20, 2010 | Energy , Natural Resources

Congress’ failure to make any progress on energy policy this session is costing taxpayers.... Read More

DOD Still Years Away From Managing its Money

September 29, 2010 | National Security

Despite efforts to save billions by improving the way it does business, the Defense Department is not only still years away from being... Read More

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Weekly Wastebasket

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

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