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TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Agriculture

February 10, 2011 | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

AGRICULTURE Total Cut: $110 billion Outdated and ineffective farm policies waste billions of federal funds each year, jeopardize... Read More

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Infrastructure

Infrastructure Total Cuts: $6 billion For nearly two centuries, the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has been a way for lawmakers to... Read More

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: General

February 10, 2011 | Budget & Tax

General Total Cuts: $421+ million Cuts Include: Shift Congressional Pensions to Defined Contribution Overseas Private Investment... Read More

TCS Recommended Budget Cut List No. 2: Total Cuts $205+ billion

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... Read More

TCS Recommended Budget Cuts for the 112th Congress

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... Read More

TCS and the Grocery Manufacturers Association Hold a Briefing on the Impacts and Future of the Corn

November 17, 2010 |

Also in attendance is Iowa State University economist Bruce Babcock. Click hereClick herePolicy Briefs: "Let the VEETC Expire:... Read More

Fiscal Commission Defense Cuts: Strong Start, More Can be Done

November 12, 2010 | National Security

The draft recommendations released this week by the co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform propose... Read More

DOD Still Years Away From Managing its Money

September 29, 2010 | National Security

Despite efforts to save billions by improving the way it does business, the Defense Department is not only still years away from being... Read More

Green Scissors 2010

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a number of environmental and consumer groups and a bipartisan slate of Representatives today in... Read More

DOD Tries to Shave Billions From Contracting Costs

June 29, 2010 | National Security

The scent of defense acquisition reform is heavy in the air again. Just don’t call it acquisition reform.  The Defense Department... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More