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House Releases Homeland Security Earmark Letters

September 18, 2008 | Policy Brief | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

The House Appropriations Committee has just released the earmark request letters for the 2009 Department of Homeland Security... Read More

FY2009 Appropriations Bills: TCS Analyses and Earmark Databases

The following are links to TCS's analysis and database for each of the FY09 appropriations bills. (Note: With the exception of House... Read More

Senate Adds $5.2 Billion in Earmarks to Defense Authorization Bill

September 16, 2008 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

The Senate is expected to pass the 2009 Defense Authorization Bill sometime tonight, but to do so they will have to resolve a raucous... Read More

Sen. Obama (D-IL) Requested $860.6 million in earmarks FY2006-FY2008

September 11, 2008 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) requested 326 projects worth $860.6 million between FY2006 and FY2008, according to a Taxpayers for Common Sense... Read More

Senate Energy and Water Earmark Total Nearly Identical to Last Year

August 10, 2008 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY2009 Energy and Water appropriations bill contains 1,480 earmarks worth $3.50 billion (click here... Read More

$35 Million in Undisclosed Earmarks in Senate State and Foreign Operations Bill

August 08, 2008 | Earmarks & Appropriations

The 2009 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill contains 7 earmarks worth $35.4 million dollars (click here... Read More

Nearly $200 million in Agriculture Earmarks in Senate Bill

August 04, 2008 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

The Senate Appropriations Committee included 307 earmarks worth about $197.2 million in the Fiscal Year 2009 Agriculture Appropriations... Read More

House Earmarks $721 Million in Military Construction Appropriations Bill

July 31, 2008 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

The House of Representative today passed a bill to fund Military Construction and Veterans Affairs programs in fiscal year 2009 contains... Read More

House Appropriations Committee Starts to Move

July 23, 2008 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

Well, the House Appropriations Committee filed the Military Construction spending bill. This is the first show of actually moving bills... Read More

Senate Doubles House Take of Financial Services Earmarks

July 23, 2008 | Policy Brief | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

The FY 2009 Senate Financial Services Appropriations bill contains 90 earmarks worth $221.3 million (click here to view the database).... Read More

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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