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Royalty-in-Kind: A Costly Complication

Under intense pressure from the oil and natural gas industry, the Minerals Management Service (MMS)1 started the Royalty-in-Kind (RIK)...

Utah Hardrock Mining Fact Sheet

Under the 135 year old Mining Law of 1872, valuable taxpayer lands and minerals are virtually given away to international mining...

Bipartisan Group of Senators Call for Taxpayer Protections in New Mining Law

Washington, D.C. – Today Senators Feingold (D-WI), Sununu (R-NH), Cantwell (D-WA), and Gregg (R-NH) led a bi-partisan push for the...

Hardrock Mining Royalty Fair to Taxpayers, Fair to Industry

Fair Compensation for Taxpayers For more than 8 decades the coal, oil, and natural gas industries have all paid royalties for the right...

Golden Fleece Award

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

TCS Applauds Amendment Securing Royalty Reforms in Mining Legislation

TCS Applauds Hinchey Amendment Securing Royalty Reforms in Mining Legislation Washington, DC -- The following is a written statement by...

New Mexico Hardrock Mining Fact Sheet

Under the 135 year old Mining Law of 1872, valuable taxpayer lands and minerals are virtually given away to international mining...

Hardrock Mines on Federal Lands Provide No Return to Taxpayers

Overview Under the General Mining Law of 1872, mining companies pay no royalties to the federal government for hardrock minerals extracted...

H.R. 2262 Fact Sheet

H.R. 2262 Provides Overdue Mining Reforms Mining Industry Struck Gold with Century-Old Giveaways One hundred and thirty-five years ago,...

Written Testimony of Steve Ellis before Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee House Committee on Natural Resources Hearing on H.R. 2262

Good morning Chairman Costa, Ranking Member Pearce, members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me to testify this morning on H.R....

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...