Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Senate Doubles House Take of Financial Services Earmarks
July 23, 2008 |
The FY 2009 Senate Financial Services Appropriations bill contains 90 earmarks worth $221.3 million (click here to view the database).... 
Earmarks for Energy and Water Projects Double in House Legislation
July 22, 2008 |
The FY 2009 House Energy and Water Appropriations bill contains 1,465 congressional earmarks for a total cost of more than $3.1 billion...
Cost of Senate Labor-HHS Earmarks Increase Significantly
July 16, 2008 |
The FY 2009 Senate Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations bill contains 942 earmarks for a total cost of more than $847...
Shelby, Milkulski Secure 25% of Earmarks on CJS Spending Bill
July 06, 2008 |
The FY 2009 Senate Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill contains 552 earmarks worth $471.4 million, according to an...
House Commerce Justice Science Spending Bill: 1,126 Earmarks, $442,562,000
July 01, 2008 |
The FY 2009 House Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill contains 1,126 earmarks worth $442,562,000. That is a decrease of 13...
House Labor-HHS Spending Bill: 1,371 Earmarks, $619 Million
June 29, 2008 |
The FY 2009 House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill contains 1371 earmarks for a total cost of $619,187,000. The number of projects...
$57 million in earmarks in the House 2009 Financial Services spending bill
June 26, 2008 |
The 2009 House Financial Services Appropriations bill contains 197 earmarks for a total of $57 million (click here to see the database)....
$197 Million in Homeland Security Earmarks in Senate Spending Bill
June 25, 2008 |
The Senate version of the 2009 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill includes 19 congressional earmarks for a total of...
Oil and Gas Subsidies, Profits and Production: Colorado and Across the Nation
June 22, 2008 |
This is the first in a series of state specific analyses Taxpayers for Common Sense is completing on energy industry subsidies, profits and production. The goal of these analyses will be to raise awareness of the national subsidies the oil and gas industry receives....
House Defense Authorization Earmarks Jump From Last Year
June 12, 2008 |
A bill recently passed by the House increases the number of Defense Authorization earmarks by more than 20% from last year, according to...
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