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Green Scissors 2010

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a number of environmental and consumer groups and a bipartisan slate of Representatives today in... Read More

New Report Finds DOE Loan Guarantee Program Riddled with Problems

July 11, 2010 | Fact Sheet | Energy

 The Government Accountability Office released a new report today, finding that the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program... Read More

Federal Loan Guarantees for Nuclear Reactors: Details of the Current Applicants

June 21, 2010 | Fact Sheet | Energy

On February 16, 2010, the Department of Energy offered the first conditional nuclear loan guarantee of $8.3 billion to Southern Company... Read More

DOE Loan Guarantees: Overview, Risks, and More

March 18, 2010 > Updated: August 30, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Energy

DOE Loan Guarantees: Overview, Risks, and More Created in Title 17 of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program has received increased scrutiny with the default of a loan guarantee to the solar start-up company, Solyndra.... Read More

Obama to Contractors: Don’t Cheat Uncle Sam

January 22, 2010 | Policy Brief | National Security

It was payback time for President Obama this week when he threw down the gauntlet to tax-dodging contractors.Taxpayers pay contractors... Read More

Senate Version of The Clean Energy Deployment Administration (CEDA)

December 10, 2009 | Policy Brief | Energy

Both the House and Senate have proposed the creation of the new federal financing entity known as the Clean Energy Deployment... Read More

Congressional Budget Office Analysis Confirms Senate CEDA Jeopardizes Billions of Taxpayer Dollars

December 10, 2009 | Policy Brief | Energy

The American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (ACELA), S. 1462, as approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in... Read More

Department of Energy: Loan Guarantee Program Overview

June 09, 2009 > Updated: August 30, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Department of Energy: Loan Guarantee Program Overview Created in Title 17 of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program has received increased scrutiny with the default of a loan guarantee to the solar start-up company, Solyndra.... Read More

Risky Business on Wall Street

September 16, 2008 | Policy Brief | Budget & Tax

This morning the federal government (which means you the American taxpayer) became the not-so-proud owner of American International Group... Read More

Banking on the Future

July 31, 2005 | Reports & Data | Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

Investing in Smart Water Strategies for Pennsylvania and the Nation... Read More

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Weekly Wastebasket

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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