Policy Briefs
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
TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Energy
February 10, 2011 |
Energy
Total Cuts: $42 billion
Taxpayers have been subsidizing the same mature, polluting energy technologies for decades. Many... 
TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: National Security
February 10, 2011 |
NATIONAL SECURITY
Total Cuts: $95 billion
Total Achieved Savings: $7 billion
For too long, the defense budget was considered...
TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Agriculture
February 10, 2011 |
AGRICULTURE
Total Cut: $110 billion
Outdated and ineffective farm policies waste billions of federal funds each year, jeopardize...
TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Infrastructure
February 10, 2011 |
Infrastructure
Total Cuts: $6 billion
For nearly two centuries, the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has been a way for lawmakers to...
TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: General
February 10, 2011 |
General
Total Cuts: $421+ million
Cuts Include:
Shift Congressional Pensions to Defined Contribution
Overseas Private Investment...
TCS Recommended Budget Cut List No. 2: Total Cuts $205+ billion
February 10, 2011 |
The time has come for Congress to begin a serious discussion about how it is going to correct the current budgetary path into deeper and...
TCS Recommended Budget Cuts for the 112th Congress
January 11, 2011 |
The time has come for Congress to begin a serious discussion about how it is going to correct the current budgetary path into deeper and...
Common Sense Reforms for the 112th Congress
October 28, 2010 |
As the dawn of the 112th Congress draws near, there are several reforms Congress should enact, regardless of which party is in control....
Ethanol Editorials: Newspapers Across the County Agree - End Ethanol Subsidies!
October 12, 2010 |
Newspapers Across the Country Agree: End Ethanol Subsidies!
In light of TCS’ release of the Green Scissors 2010 Report on July 22 and...
Good Government Groups and Lobbyists Jointly Release Common Sense Earmark Reforms for the 112th Congress
September 27, 2010 |
TCS joined with other nonprofit good government groups and several Washington lobbyists to hammer out some jointly agreed upon earmark...
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