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Green Scissors 2010

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a number of environmental and consumer groups and a bipartisan slate of Representatives today in... Read More

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

August 06, 2010 |

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 | 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 | Earmarks & Appropriations

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

Details on the President’s Proposed Fossil Fuel Cuts

March 30, 2010 | Energy

In keeping with President Obama’s call to end fossil fuel subsidies, the latest budget proposal includes several significant cuts to oil,... Read More

FY10 Omnibus Disclosed Earmark Numbers

December 10, 2009 | 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 | 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

Contractor Accountability Legislation in Defense Authorization

October 21, 2009 | National Security

One of the most interesting—and neglected—sections of the annual defense authorization bill steers annual contracting policy both for DOD... Read More

UPDATE: Congress Passes Final $42.8 DHS Approps Bill

October 21, 2009 | National Security

(October 21) Congress handed off a $42.8 billion appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security through fiscal year 2010... Read More

Congress Sends $106 Billion Supplemental to President

June 25, 2009 | National Security

(June 26) We found 13 undisclosed earmarks worth $1.35 billion in the supplemental, including $904 million for seven C-130J aircraft,... Read More

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Weekly Wastebasket

Our weekly reality-check for federal spending. View All

February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More