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TCS Applauds Congress on Cutting Corporate Welfare to the Timber Industry

June 15, 2004 | Natural Resources

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense on the efforts by... Read More

Biscuit Fire Letter to Secretary Veneman 2004

June 14, 2004 | Natural Resources

The Honorable Ann M. Veneman United States Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20250  Dear Secretary... Read More

Crossroads: Congress, the Corps of Engineers, and the Future of America’s Water Resources

March 20, 2004 | Reports & Data | Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

Crossroads: Congress, the Corps of Engineers, and the Future of America’s Water Resources The nation’s largest water management agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is at a crossroads. The Corps is poised to either... Read More

The Federal Grazing Program: A Stampede of Taxpayer Handouts

January 01, 2004 | Natural Resources

Grazing on public lands cost U.S. taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in direct subsidies over the last century. Considering the... Read More

Economists Criticize Forest Service Over $10 Billion Road Backlog

December 18, 2003 | Natural Resources

Washington, DC - Investing in current roads instead of building new ones would help reduce the growing road maintenance crisis in the... Read More

2003 Economistメs Roadless Letter to President

December 03, 2003 | Natural Resources

Letter to President George W. Bush against the building of new national forest roads but for the maintenance of existing roads. ... Read More

Religious Leaders Roadless Letter

July 16, 2003 | Natural Resources

Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy before the Lord. Psalm 96:12-13  July 17, 2003  Dear Members of Congress:  As... Read More

Support for Limitations on Road-building in National Forests

July 15, 2003 | Natural Resources

Dear Representative Inslee,  Taxpayers for Common Sense, a non-partisan budget watchdog organization, supports your funding limitation... Read More

Administrationメs Plan to Exempt America’s Largest National Forest from Roadless Rule Will Cost Taxpayers Millions

July 14, 2003 | Natural Resources

Washington, D.C. - The Bush administration's proposal to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule will... Read More

Scientists Roadless Letter

June 29, 2003 | Natural Resources

June 30, 2003  Honorable President George W. Bush President of the United States The White House Washington, DC 20500  Dear Mr. President: ... Read More

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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