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President Signs Earmark-Laden Spending Bill

September 29, 2008 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

President George W. Bush signed a massive year-end spending bill late Tuesday, just hours before a new fiscal year began. The "Minibus"... Read More

Stevens Tops FY2009 Earmark Heap

September 24, 2008 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

As Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) sat today in a federal courthouse while jurors were chosen in the federal trial against him, he received at... Read More

2,321 Earmarks worth $6.6 Billion in Minibus Legislation

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

After a bit of speed reading, TCS staff came up with earmark totals for the CR/Def/DHS/MilCon bill that was released 13 hours ago. These... Read More

Sample of Earmarks in the FY09 Minibus

September 23, 2008 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations

It’s slow going looking through the earmarks, but here’s a few – some are repeat customers and some are rookie earmarks. More to... Read More

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

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

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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