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Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Data

February 12, 2012 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax

Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Data The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) is a compendium of more than two thousand tariff waivers which reduce the fees importers pay for a... Read More

Backdoor Earmarks? Slush-y Funds in the Corps of Engineers Budget

February 08, 2012 | Policy Brief | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

Backdoor Earmarks? Slush-y Funds in the Corps of Engineers Budget (February 8, 2012 | 3:00 p.m.) Below is a chart detailing the number of projects that receive funding in the Corps 2012 Work Plan that... Read More

Department of Energy Loan Guarantees: Renewable and Energy Efficiency

December 05, 2011 > Updated: August 29, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Energy

The Department of Energy loan guarantee program that backed Solyndra, a solar panel manufacturer which went bankrupt on August 31, 2011... Read More

Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program: Uranium Enrichment

October 23, 2011 | Fact Sheet | Energy

The Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program was created in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide Treasury backed loan... Read More

Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program: Status Update on Proposed, Pending, and Final Applicants

October 04, 2011 > Updated: August 29, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Passed as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program currently has $34.8... Read More

Super Cuts for the Super Committee

Taxpayers for Common Sense has been working hard to meet the challenge of that the so-called Super Committee is facing - $1.2-1.5... Read More

Pentagon Contracting 101

August 23, 2011 | 101 | National Security

Pentagon Contracting 101 Overview Tracking contracts in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is daunting. DOD purchases more than $1 billion of goods and... Read More

Green Scissors 2011

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined environmental, consumer watchdog, and free-market groups today to release Green Scissors 2011, which... Read More

Earmark Terms Glossary

July 06, 2011 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations

Categories of Earmarks Disclosed Lawmaker: Earmarks Earmarks that appear in the explanatory statement of an appropriations bill for... Read More

Ongoing TCS Analysis of the FY2012 Budget Proposal

March 10, 2011 | Policy Brief |

The FY2012 Presidential Budget Request was released this morning. TCS staff will be posting relevant documents and analysis as we digest... 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