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TCS Preliminary Earmark Analysis for FY 2011

November 05, 2010 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations

Originally Posted 10/19/2010: The FY2011 budget is a mess. Congress has not finished a single spending bill. The House has approved... Read More

Election Gives Big-Spending Congressional Committees New Look

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

FutureGen: Massive Clean Coal Project Changes Track, Still Securing $1 Billion Earmarked in the Stimulus

August 06, 2010 | Fact Sheet |

Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the plan to build “FutureGen” a massive commercial “clean coal” facility in Mattoon,... Read More

UPDATE: Earmarks in Defense Authorization Bill

June 06, 2010 | Policy Brief | National Security

(June 4, 2010) This week’s Memorial Day Congressional recess gave us a chance to peer under the lid of the House defense authorization... Read More

Exploring the Relationship Between Earmarks and Campaign Contributions

June 02, 2010 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations

Taxpayers for Common Sense and the Center for Responsive Politics have joined to release a comprehensive database that links campaign... Read More

FY10 Omnibus Disclosed Earmark Numbers

December 10, 2009 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

Preliminary disclosed earmark totals for the FY10 Omnibus: Transportation/HUD: 1481 worth $1.207... Read More

UPDATE: President Signs Defense Authorization Bill with $4 billion in Earmarks

October 29, 2009 | Policy Brief | National Security

(October 30) President Obama signed a $680 billion defense authorization bill this week—the largest such bill ever—with a declaration... Read More

Complete Database of House and Senate Earmark Requests

June 01, 2009 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

After searching all 99 senate websites (remember the Coleman/Franken Minnesota race is still unresolved), we now have a complete database... Read More

Visclosky FY08 & FY09 PMA Client Earmarks

May 28, 2009 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

The FBI has subpoenaed various records and documents from Rep. Visclosky’s (D-IN) offices in relation to the previously raided PMA Group... Read More

Database of FY2010 Earmark Requests

May 06, 2009 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

Update (May 7, 2009):  It has now been just over a month since the deadline for members to disclose on their websites all FY2010 earmark... Read More

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Weekly Wastebasket

Our weekly reality-check for federal spending. View All

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