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Commerce of Earmarks ﾖ CJS Spending Bill

To help you follow the CJS debate, TCS has released our database (MORE THAN 1100 EARMARKS IN HOUSE COMMERCE-JUSTICE-SCIENCE SPENDING BILL)...

House Transportation Spending Bill: The Road to Political Pork

Washington, D.C. - The House FY08 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill contains more...

Paving the Way for Pork ﾖ THUD Earmarks

TCS has plowed through the more than 1,400 earmarks worth nearly $2.2 billion in the aptly named THUD spending bill. Congress contributed...

1,300 Earmarks in Labor/HHS

Here’s one reason why Rep. Obey’s amendment to eliminate all the earmarks in the Labor/HHS bill failed last night. Actually here are 1,342...

Senate Makes House E&W Earmarks Shopping Frenzy Look Tame

So the House Energy and Water spending bill approved yesterday included 1,010 earmarks worth $3.2 billion. We think that’s a lot, but then...

Earmarks Aplenty in Senate Energy & Water Appropriations Bill

So 1,759 earmarks and $3.8 billion later we finished our database of the Senate Energy & Water Appropriations bill. It's a doozy. Twenty...

ﾑBama Wins Senate CJS Approps Sweepstakes

TCS has completed our analysis and database of the Senate CJS appropriations bill. Even in the minority, Sen. Shelby (R-AL) knows how to...

House FY08 Financial Services Analysis and Database and Additional Senate FY08 Defense Analysis and Database

The TCS analysis and database of the House FY08 Financial Services bill (TCS ANALYSIS OF FY08 HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS BILL)...

Support Amendments to Rein in Financial Services Appropriationsﾒ Earmarks

Dear Representative: Taxpayers for Common Sense Action urges you to support amendments from Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and others to...

Senate Homeland Security and More on House Appropriations

I wanted to alert you that TCS has released our analysis and database of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations (TCS ANALYSIS OF FY08...

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...