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MilCon, VA and State Department Funding in Omnibus

December 11, 2009 | Policy Brief | National Security

The House of Representatives drove home a $447 billion omnibus spending bill yesterday loaded with six of the seven appropriations bills... Read More

TCS Releases Space Security Database

April 07, 2009 | Reports & Data | National Security

Space is crucial to our national security, and we’ve got the skyrocketing budgets to prove it. The United States spends billions on... Read More

F-22: No More Second Helpings

March 18, 2009 | Policy Brief | National Security

Goodness, the difference an economic crisis can make. A few years ago, advertisements by defense contractors arguing that the U.S. should... Read More

Failing Salmon Recovery Efforts are Costing Taxpayers Billions

February 09, 2009 | Fact Sheet | Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

Over the last two decades, federal agencies have spent more than $8 billion on efforts to restore salmon to the Columbia and Snake River... Read More

Raising Questions About Transportation Spending in House Economic Stimulus Legislation

The transportation portion of the House stimulus package contains more than $43 billion for the Department of Transportation, including... Read More

Water Infrastructure Spending in the House Economic Stimulus

January 28, 2009 | Policy Brief | Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructs large water projects (dams, levees, pumping sand on beaches) across the country. In the... Read More

Ten Common Sense Reforms for the Army Corps of Engineers

January 01, 2007 | Policy Brief | Natural Resources

AMERICAN RIVERS · EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND · ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE · FRIENDS OF THE EARTH · MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN ALLIANCE ·... Read More

Banking on the Future

July 31, 2005 | Reports & Data | Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

Investing in Smart Water Strategies for Pennsylvania and the Nation... Read More

Road to Ruin: The 27 Most Wasteful Road Projects in America

June 01, 2004 | Reports & Data | Transportation & Infrastructure

Road to Ruin documents 27 road projects that will drain federal tax dollars, harm communities, and damage the natural environment. In total, these projects would cost federal taxpayers at least $24 billion.... Read More

Troubled Waters

March 08, 2000 | Reports & Data | Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is wasting billions of dollars on environmentally harmful projects, charges a new report by Taxpayers... Read More

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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