Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
**First posted Feb. 14, 2008**
Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) staff and interns have devoted thousands of hours to researching,...
Congress disclosed 11,234 earmarks worth $14.8 billion in this year’s spending bills. An additional $3.5 billion worth of earmarks were...
The earmark disclosure debutantes are making their way to the floor today in the technical correction bill for SAFETEA-LU (H.R....
Despite reform, new database finds that Congress hasn’t lost its appetite for pork
Washington, D.C. – Congress has cut earmarks by 23...
When the House of Representatives passed new rules just a few days into the new Congress requiring lawmakers to disclose the earmarks...
Tonight, the Senate unanimously passed an amendment to the ethics bill to bring earmarks out of the shadowy corridors of the capitol and...
For more than a half century the federal government has provided billions in handouts to the nuclear power industry. And today the...
As the Senate brings their energy policy legislation to the floor this week, it is clear that their bill is as filled with perks for...
The current 768 page, 5 inch thick energy legislation is fueled by pork and will do very little to reduce energy prices or increase...
How the Mining Industry Used Outdated Rules to Pass Environmental Cleanup Costs to Taxpayers...
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Volume XVIII No. 37
Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...
July 11, 2013