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TCS Applauds Congress on Cutting Corporate Welfare to the Timber Industry

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

Biscuit Fire Letter to Secretary Veneman 2004

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

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...

The Federal Grazing Program: A Stampede of Taxpayer Handouts

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

Economists Criticize Forest Service Over $10 Billion Road Backlog

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

2003 Economistﾒs Roadless Letter to President

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

Religious Leaders Roadless Letter

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...

Support for Limitations on Road-building in National Forests

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

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

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

Scientists Roadless Letter

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

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...