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Database of Congressional Earmarks for FY2008

June 10, 2008 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations

**First posted Feb. 14, 2008** Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) staff and interns have devoted thousands of hours to researching,... Read More

Ending the Earmark ATM: Despite Reforms, Earmarks Continue to Thrive

June 05, 2008 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations

Congress disclosed 11,234 earmarks worth $14.8 billion in this year’s spending bills. An additional $3.5 billion worth of earmarks were... Read More

Transportation Committee Discloses New Earmarks

The earmark disclosure debutantes are making their way to the floor today in the technical correction bill for SAFETEA-LU (H.R.... Read More

Taxpayers for Common Sense Releases New Earmark Database

February 14, 2008 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations

Despite reform, new database finds that Congress hasn’t lost its appetite for pork Washington, D.C. – Congress has cut earmarks by 23... Read More

Golden Fleece Award

Taxpayers for Common Sense Announces New Golden Fleece Recipient Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority - Taxpayer Funded Cheerleaders... Read More

50 Defense Earmarks Not Disclosed by House Defense Committe

June 01, 2007 | Policy Brief | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

When the House of Representatives passed new rules just a few days into the new Congress requiring lawmakers to disclose the earmarks... Read More

Earmark Transparency One Step Closer

January 16, 2007 | Earmarks & Appropriations

Tonight, the Senate unanimously passed an amendment to the ethics bill to bring earmarks out of the shadowy corridors of the capitol and... Read More

Nuclear Subsidies in 2005 Energy Bill

May 24, 2005 | Policy Brief | Energy

For more than a half century the federal government has provided billions in handouts to the nuclear power industry. And today the... Read More

A Total Rip-off: Taxpayer Dollars Wasted on the Energy Sector

December 31, 2003 | Policy Brief | Energy , National Security

Nuclear energy, once widely hailed as ‘too cheap to meter,” has become one of the most expensive sources of electricity, due to the high... Read More

Analysis of Authorized Spending in Energy Bill (2003)

November 16, 2003 | Policy Brief | Energy

   

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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