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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

Cost of War Reports

August 30, 2008 | Reports & Data | National Security

Below are links to the monthly “Supplemental and Cost of War Execution Reports” compiled by the Defense Accounting Finance Service, DOD’s... Read More

DOD: $13b to Contractors in Afghanistan

August 20, 2008 | Policy Brief | National Security

The Department of Defense paid contractors $13 billion for operations in Afghanistan between 2003 and 2007, according to documents... Read More

CBO Lowballs Estimate of Iraq Contracts

August 13, 2008 | Policy Brief | National Security

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) got a lot of jaws dropping this week with a report estimating the U.S. has spent $85 billion on... 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

House Earmarks $721 Million in Military Construction Appropriations Bill

July 31, 2008 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

The House of Representative today passed a bill to fund Military Construction and Veterans Affairs programs in fiscal year 2009 contains... Read More

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Weekly Wastebasket

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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