Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
The Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantee program carries extremely high taxpayer risk, potentially jeopardizing billions of taxpayer dollars if energy project loans default....
Since the early 20th century, the federal government and private industry have attempted to commercialize oil shale but after years of...
With fiscal cliff looming, TCS calls for end to government handouts for failed oil shale experiments....
A basic primer on the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program and answers general questions on the history, administration, and overall effect of the program....
A basic primer on the Green Scissors campaign and answers general questions about the history and goals of the coalition....
In the summer of 2011, Congress sent the President a bill that acknowledged failure. Instead of swallowing hard and coming up with...
For centuries the federal government has been in the business of providing billions in subsidies to coal companies in order to ensure...
As Washington debates the merits of a supplemental spending bill in response to superstorm Sandy, this database lists of all the spending...
Taxpayers for Common Sense has been working hard to meet the challenge of that the so-called Super Committee is facing - $1.2-1.5...
Taxpayers for Common Sense has been working hard to meet the challenge of that the so-called Super Committee is facing - $.12-1.5...
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined environmental, consumer watchdog, and free-market groups today to release Green Scissors 2011, which...
Oil and gas companies have complained that they pay an effective tax rate of 41%....
Big Oil, Big Corn: An in-depth look at the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit
Corn has been subsidized since the 1930s, but it was...
The time has come for Congress to begin a serious discussion about how it is going to correct the current budgetary path into deeper and...
We all know that lawmakers are allowed the occasional stretching of the truth, but at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources...
A review and analysis of the laws and regulations governing the collection and use of revenues from commercial energy development on federal lands and is a guide for policy-makers to use in developing appropriate policies for wind and solar energy projects....
Congress’ failure to make any progress on energy policy this session is costing taxpayers....
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a number of environmental and consumer groups and a bipartisan slate of Representatives today in...
New Mexico is one of the most heavily mined states in the country, producing large amounts of perlite, copper, and other hardrock...
Arizona is one of the most heavily mined states in the country, producing large amounts of copper, silver and other hardrock minerals....
It was payback time for President Obama this week when he threw down the gauntlet to tax-dodging contractors.Taxpayers pay contractors...
For decades, hardrock mining companies have benefited from generous tax breaks at the expense of taxpayers, all the while extracting...
A recent GAO report found that there are at least 161,000 abandoned mines in western states. The research, conducted in the states of...
In a recent analysis on hardrock mining, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that among twelve western states, all assess...
Early this year, Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV) introduced H.R. 699, the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2009. H.R. 699 would...
Over the last two decades, federal agencies have spent more than $8 billion on efforts to restore salmon to the Columbia and Snake River...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructs large water projects (dams, levees, pumping sand on beaches)...
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SUPPORT THE ANDREWS-CHABOT AMENDMENT TO CUT
ROAD-BUILDING SUBSIDIES
Since 1982, the Forest...
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed rule for Oil Shale Management. Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) is a non-partisan...
The following are links to TCS's analysis and database for each of the FY09 appropriations bills. (Note: With the exception of House...
Under intense pressure from the oil and natural gas industry, the Minerals Management Service (MMS)1 started the Royalty-in-Kind (RIK)...
Utah Mining Giveaways
Under the 135 year old Mining Law of 1872, valuable taxpayer lands and minerals are virtually given away to...
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...
Fair Compensation for Taxpayers
For more than 8 decades the coal, oil, and natural gas industries have all paid royalties for the right...
From surfing subsidies to the Great Wall of Bedford, Indiana, Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire’s Golden Fleece Award protected...
Good morning Chairman Bingaman, Ranking Member Domenici, members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you...
End a 135 Year Old Taxpayer Giveaway
Support the Reform of the General Mining Law of 1872
Vote “YES” on H.R. 2262
Dear...
TCS Applauds Hinchey Amendment Securing Royalty Reforms in Mining Legislation
Washington, DC -- The following is a written statement by Ms....
Mine Companies Enchanted by New Mexico Giveaways
Under the 135 year old Mining Law of 1872, valuable taxpayer lands and minerals are...
Overview
Under the General Mining Law of 1872, mining companies pay no royalties to the federal government for hardrock minerals extracted...
H.R. 2262 Provides Overdue Mining Reforms
Mining Industry Struck Gold with Century-Old Giveaways
One hundred and thirty-five years ago,...
Good morning Chairman Costa, Ranking Member Pearce, members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me to testify this morning on H.R....
Good morning Chairman Costa, Ranking Member Pearce, members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me to testify this morning on H.R....
Dear Representative,
The law that governs precious metal mining on federal land is 135 years old and it is time for it to be updated. Rep....
Dear Member of Congress:
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action) urges you to support Representative Robert Andrews’ (D-NJ) and...
Dear Blue Dog Caucus Member:
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action) commends you and the Blue Dog Caucus for drawing attention to...
May 14, 2007
Dear Blue Dog Caucus Member:
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action) commends you and the Blue Dog Caucus for drawing...
Dear Member of Congress:
Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan, budget watchdog group, urges you to co-sponsor the National Forest...
AMERICAN RIVERS · EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND · ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE · FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ·
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN ALLIANCE ·...
Washington, D.C. - The following is a prepared statement by Franz Matzner, Senior Policy Analyst at Taxpayers for Common Sense, on the...
The Claim-Patent System: Fueling a 135-Year Heist of Public Lands
The claim-patent system serves as the basis for hardrock mineral...
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we strongly urge you to support Representative Steve Chabot’s...
May 1, 2006
Contact: Kathleen McNeilly (202) 546-8500 x128 or Eric Jordan 907-747-6743
WASHINGTON, D.C. - More than 500 Alaska fishermen have...
Federal grazing programs managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) cost taxpayers more than $100...
Dear Budget Committee Member, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action), a non-partisan budget watchdog, urges you to strip Subtitle...
Dear Resources Committee Member, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action, a national non-partisan budget watchdog, is concerned with several...
Investing in Smart Water Strategies for Pennsylvania and the Nation...
Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement from Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense:
The U.S. Senate...
By: John Nohlgren
On May, 29th 2002, President George W. Bush and his brother, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, together announced the...
Dear Representative:
We urge you to support Representative Tom Udall’s amendment to strike Section 631 from H.R. 6, the Energy Policy...
[Federal Register: July 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 136)]
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From the Federal Register Online via...
Washington, D.C. – The following is a prepared statement by Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) on the Bush...
Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense on the efforts by...
The Honorable Ann M. Veneman
United States Department of Agriculture
The nation’s largest water management agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is at a crossroads. The Corps is poised to either...
Grazing on public lands cost U.S. taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in direct subsidies over the last century. Considering the...
Washington, DC - Investing in current roads instead of building new ones would help reduce the growing road maintenance crisis in the...
Letter to President George W. Bush against the building of new national forest roads but for the maintenance of existing roads.
Dear Senator: Our nation faces a record deficit of more than $450 billion for FY03. This places an even greater responsibility on...
Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy before the Lord. Psalm 96:12-13
Dear Representative Inslee,
Taxpayers for Common Sense, a non-partisan budget watchdog organization, supports your funding limitation...
Washington, D.C. - The Bush administration's proposal to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule will...
June 30, 2003
Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Shannon Collier, Policy Analyst at Taxpayers for Common Sense on the...
Washington, D.C. - The Forest Service has consistently failed to provide American taxpayers and Congress with a clear accounting of what...
Dear Representative:
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action), a non-partisan, budget watchdog group, opposes H.R. 1904, the...
Dear Representative Rahall,
On behalf of the millions of members from across the country that the undersigned organizations represent, we...
Taxpayers for Common Sense opposes any alterations that would limit public access to federal grazing lands or reduce the opportunity for...
Washington, D.C. - Firefighting crews have “totally ignored” federal rules by spending taxpayer money with the “the perception that...
1. During the 2002 wildfire season:
2.4 million acres of Forest Service and burned, in addition to 4.8 million acres of other...
Washington, D.C. - In a memo obtained from the Forest Service by Taxpayers for Common Sense, Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth disclosed...
Washington, D.C. - Despite Forest Service efforts to blame everyone but themselves for the western wildfire crisis, the leading fire...
Taxpayers for Common Sense, an independent budget watchdog organization, strongly supports the bipartisan Roadless Area Conservation Act of...
Bill would prevent bad actors, like those behind Rock Creek Mine proposal underneath Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, from sticking taxpayers...
Washington, D.C. - The United States Forest Service (USFS) and Department of Interior (DOI) have failed to identify communities that face a...
Direct Costs of the Federal Grazing Program
In fiscal year 2002, the BLM spent $80.6 million on rangeland management and range...
December 10, 2001
Chief Dale Bosworth
Forest Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Sidney R. Yates Federal Building
201 14th Street,...
Letter to President George W. Bush from natural recourses scientists supporting Roadless protection of undeveloped national forests.
Letter to President George W. Bush from religious leaders endorsing Roadless protection of natural resources.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Interior Department's proposal to suspend efforts to make mining corporations pay to clean up their mine sites could...
Reducing the Harmful Effects and Rising Costs of Western Wildfires...
Summary: The 10 federal agencies managed more than 22.6 million AUMs on about 235 million acres of federal lands for grazing and land...
Letter of endorsement directed to President Clinton by natural recourses scientists desiring to protect undeveloped portions of national...
How the Mining Industry Used Outdated Rules to Pass Environmental Cleanup Costs to Taxpayers...
WASHINGTON, DC- More than 1000 professional educators from across the country today called on the President to end the link between funding...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is wasting billions of dollars on environmentally harmful projects, charges a new report by Taxpayers...
Washington, DC — The U.S. Senate defeated an amendment offered by Sen. Richard Bryan (D-NV), Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), and Sen. Ron...
How Federal Taxpayers Subsidies Waste Resources and Discourage Recycling...
WASHINGTON, D.C.— One hundred and seven members of Congress today called upon President Clinton for "prompt" consideration of all options...
The Brush Disposal Fund is one of the smaller U.S. Forest Service "trust funds" that depend on the federal timber program. Forest Service...
The Roads and Trails Fund is one of the smaller U.S. Forest Service "trust funds" that depend on the federal timber program. Forest Service...
The Salvage Sale Fund is one of several U.S. Forest Service "trust funds" that is dependent on the federal timber program. Forest Service...
The Replanting Fund is one of several U.S. Forest Service "trust funds" that is dependent on the federal timber program. Forest Service...
Why Does Congress Subsidize Timber Corporations to Cut Down the Public’s National Forests?
Hundreds of millions of tax dollars are spent...
The Brush Disposal Fund is one of the smaller U.S. Forest Service "trust funds" that depend on the federal timber program. Forest Service...
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While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...
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