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Small Modular Reactors: Federal Subsidies for Mini Nukes

July 23, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Small Modular Reactors: Federal Subsidies for Mini Nukes The Department of Energy (DOE) is asking Congress to provide $452 million in taxpayer subsidies to help license up to two experimental... Read More

Golden Fleece: KABATA - Taxpayer Funded Cheerleaders for Alaska’s Knik Arm Bridge

June 26, 2013 | Awards | Transportation & Infrastructure

Golden Fleece: KABATA - Taxpayer Funded Cheerleaders for Alaska’s Knik Arm Bridge Summary Over the last decade, the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority (KABATA) spent millions of federal taxpayer dollars on a project... Read More

Essential Air Service Dataset

April 04, 2013 | Reports & Data | Transportation & Infrastructure

Essential Air Service Dataset The Essential Air Service (EAS) is a federal subsidy program created in the 1970s as part of airline deregulation. Though the program was... Read More

Analysis of Selected Sections of S. 601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013

March 20, 2013 | Policy Brief | Budget & Tax , Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

Analysis of Selected Sections of S. 601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013 The Senate's Environment and Public Works committee is taking up a water project bill that could cost taxpayers billions.... Read More

Taxpayer Subsidies for Small Modular Reactors

February 27, 2013 > Updated: July 25, 2013 | Policy Brief | Energy

Taxpayer Subsidies for Small Modular Reactors The Department of Energy (DOE) is asking Congress to provide hundreds of millions in subsidies to commercialize small modular nuclear... Read More

Golden Fleece Awarded to Risk Management Agency for Risking Taxpayer Dollars

December 13, 2012 | Awards | Agriculture

Golden Fleece Awarded to Risk Management Agency for Risking Taxpayer Dollars Taxpayers for Common Sense awarded the Golden Fleece to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency for wasting taxpayer funds on risk management education for crops ranging from Christmas trees to turf grass.... Read More

Fiscal Cliff Fix

December 05, 2012 | Policy Brief | Budget & Tax

Fiscal Cliff Fix Congress and the President do not need to plunge taxpayers off a “Fiscal Cliff”. Common sense solutions can make government work and put the country on sound footing to deal with our deficits and debt.... Read More

Haves and Have-Nots in Federal Crop Insurance

October 31, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Haves and Have-Nots in Federal Crop Insurance Federally subsidized crop insurance has become the largest taxpayer support for agriculture. But not all parts of the agriculture... Read More

Agricultural Safety Net 101

October 02, 2012 | 101 | Agriculture

Agricultural Safety Net 101 The agricultural safety net refers to the various federal programs and policies that insulate agricultural producers from the costs of conducting business.... Read More

Green Scissors Campaign 101

Green Scissors Campaign 101 A basic primer on the Green Scissors campaign and answers general questions about the history and goals of the coalition.... Read More

Sliding Past Sequestration: $2 Trillion in Common Sense Cuts to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff

Sliding Past Sequestration: $2 Trillion in Common Sense Cuts to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff In the summer of 2011, Congress sent the President a bill that acknowledged failure. Instead of swallowing hard and coming up with... Read More

Not So “Supercritical” Spending

September 28, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Not So “Supercritical” Spending Coal-fired energy production is one of the oldest and most profitable industries in the world. Yet despite decades of success, the well-established coal industry remains on the federal dole. ... Read More

Congress’ Tortured Math in MAP-21 (Trans. Reauthorization)

September 27, 2012 | Policy Brief | Transportation & Infrastructure

Congress’ Tortured Math in MAP-21 (Trans. Reauthorization) The just-passed MAP-21 (transportation omnibus) is paid for! It reduces the debt over 10 years! By $16.3 billion, if CBO is to be... Read More

Golden Fleece Awarded to Riverboat Ripoff

August 30, 2012 | Awards | Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense awarded the Golden Fleece to Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) for introducing H.R. 4342, the WAVE4 Act. This legislation would codify recommendations made by barge operators to increase the federal subsidy for inland waterway construction projects on the nation's rivers.... Read More

Big Oil Makes Top Dollar

August 12, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Big Oil Makes Top Dollar The first half of 2012 has brought more multi-billion dollar profits for major oil companies. So far, these companies have raked in more... Read More

Green Scissors Report 2012

August 07, 2012 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Energy , Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

Green Scissors Report 2012 Green Scissors 2012 is produced by Friends of the Earth, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and R Street to highlight and end wasteful and environmentally harmful federal spending. This diverse coalition of environmental, taxpayer and free-market groups has come together to show how the government can save billions of tax dollars and improve our environment. ... Read More

With Agriculture Disaster Aid Congress Pays Now, Hopes to Save Later

August 01, 2012 | Policy Brief | Agriculture

With Agriculture Disaster Aid Congress Pays Now, Hopes to Save Later Citing record drought conditions throughout the country, the House is debating today legislation to retroactively extend four... Read More

Coal Industry Profits

July 26, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Energy , Natural Resources

Coal Industry Profits For centuries the federal government has been in the business of providing billions in subsidies to coal companies in order to ensure... Read More

House Farm Bill Draft Analysis: Squanders Savings, Recycles Wasteful Ideas, and Creates New Subsidy Entitlement Programs

July 05, 2012 | Policy Brief | Agriculture

House Farm Bill Draft Analysis: Squanders Savings, Recycles Wasteful  Ideas, and Creates New Subsidy Entitlement Programs Yesterday, the House Agriculture Committee released its 2012 Farm Bill draft which eliminates some wasteful commodity programs but... Read More

MOX Misses the Mark

June 19, 2012 > Updated: April 09, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Energy , National Security

MOX Misses the Mark Despite the ever-increasing price tag, incessant delays in progress, and known safety risks, the Department of Energy continues to pour federal subsidies into the Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) program year after year. ... Read More

Spending Even Less, Spending Even Smarter

May 08, 2012 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

Spending Even Less, Spending Even Smarter A report from the Project on Government Oversight and Taxpayers for Common Sense published May 8, 2012 including recommendations for National Security Savings FY 2013 to FY 2022 Deficit Reduction $688 Billion.... Read More

Farm Safety Net Proposals that Fail to Save

April 22, 2012 | Agriculture

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has released a report that will help you study up for this Wednesday’s Senate Farm Bill mark-up... Read More

California HSR Project Cuts Costs but Federal Taxpayer Still on the Hook

April 05, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Transportation & Infrastructure

In response to growing public opposition, questionable project merit, and an increasingly bloated cost, the California High Speed Rail... Read More

Big Oil Tops $150 Billion in Profits in 2011

March 01, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Energy

With annual financial reports being released this time of year, the oil and gas industry is looking to continue its decade long trend of... Read More

FY13 Defense Budget Scorecard

January 27, 2012 | Fact Sheet | National Security

The Defense Department today gave the public a peek behind the cover of its Fiscal Year 2013 budget request, releasing a report and fact... Read More

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Too Costly for Taxpayers

January 18, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Carbon capture and storage (CCS), also referred to as carbon capture and sequestration, is the process of separating carbon dioxide (CO2)... Read More

Cashing In: Biofuels Industry Buys Congress’s Continued Support

November 09, 2011 | Reports & Data | Agriculture , Energy

Cashing In: Biofuels Industry Buys Congress’s Continued Support Taxpayers for Common Sense released today a report detailing the heavily subsidized biofuels industry's political clout. The biofuels... Read More

Big Oil, Big Profits

October 30, 2011 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Another quarter, another unsurprising set of reports of huge profits for the oil companies. Continuing to be some of the most profitable... Read More

Super Cuts for the Super Committee

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... Read More

Myth v. Fact: Oil and Gas Companies’ Effective Tax Rate

August 12, 2011 | Fact Sheet | Energy , Natural Resources

              MYTH: OIL AND GAS COMPANIES HAVE A HIGH EFFECTIVE TAX RATE “The effective tax rate for the industry is... Read More

Essentially Wasteful: The Essential Air Service

August 03, 2011 | Fact Sheet | Transportation & Infrastructure

Congress has split town leaving an important deal unfinished. Yes, the debt ceiling got raised, but there’s another important piece of... Read More

Spending Less, Spending Smarter: Recommendations for National Security Savings FY 2012 to FY 2021

July 20, 2011 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , National Security

Watchdog Groups Identify Nearly $600 Billion in National Security Spending Cuts WASHINGTON, D.C.—The federal government could save... Read More

Big Oil, Big Corn: An in-depth look at the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit

June 23, 2011 | Reports & Data | Energy , Natural Resources

Big Oil, Big Corn: An in-depth look at the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit 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... Read More

The Most For Our Money—Highlighting Solutions for the Nation’s Transportation Problems

May 15, 2011 | Reports & Data | Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation dollars are tight. The gasoline tax that we rely on to build and maintain our transportation networks isn’t enough to meet... Read More

The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit: History and Current Policy

April 29, 2011 | Policy Brief | Agriculture , Energy

The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) is the largest subsidy to corn ethanol, the most common biofuel in the U.S. The tax... Read More

HR 1363 FY11 Defense/CR Only Cuts $4.4B

April 06, 2011 | Policy Brief | Budget & Tax , National Security

Not that it’s anything to sneeze at, but HR1363 the “Department of Defense and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011” that the... Read More

Ongoing TCS Analysis of the FY2012 Budget Proposal

March 10, 2011 | Policy Brief |

The FY2012 Presidential Budget Request was released this morning. TCS staff will be posting relevant documents and analysis as we digest... Read More

Common Sense Cuts—$900 billion in savings over 10 years

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 Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Tax Expenditures

February 10, 2011 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax

Tax Expenditures Total Cuts: $624 billion Cuts Include: Mortgage Interest Deduction Cut: $390 billion LIFO Cut: $52.9... Read More

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: National Security

February 10, 2011 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , National Security

NATIONAL SECURITY Total Cuts: $95 billion Total Achieved Savings: $7 billion For too long, the defense budget was considered... Read More

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: General

February 10, 2011 | Reports & Data | 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 for the 112th Congress: Transportation

February 10, 2011 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation Total Cuts: $18.7 billion The nation’s transportation system is broken, as the gasoline tax that each of us pays at the... Read More

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Infrastructure

February 10, 2011 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Transportation & 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: Agriculture

February 10, 2011 | Reports & Data | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Outdated and ineffective farm policies waste billions of federal funds each year, jeopardize fragile lands and waters and no longer... Read More

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

February 10, 2011 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Energy , National Security , Transportation & Infrastructure

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 Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Energy

February 10, 2011 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Energy , National Security

Taxpayers have been subsidizing the same mature, polluting energy technologies for decades. Many projects and outdated programs still... 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

Fair Market Value for Wind and Solar Development on Public Land

December 20, 2010 | Reports & Data | Natural Resources

Fair Market Value for Wind and Solar Development on Public Land 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.... 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 | Fact Sheet | 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 | Fact Sheet | 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 | Policy Brief | 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

North Shore Road: Final Agreement a Win for Taxpayers

February 10, 2010 | Fact Sheet | Transportation & Infrastructure

An agreement was signed this week that settles a long-standing dispute about what to do with the North Shore Road in the Great Smoky... Read More

2010 Defense Budget Winners and Losers

January 29, 2010 | Fact Sheet | National Security

The day last April when Defense Secretary Robert Gates revealed the Defense Department’s 2010 budget has become known as “Black Monday.”... Read More

Obama to Contractors: Don’t Cheat Uncle Sam

January 22, 2010 | Policy Brief | National Security

It was payback time for President Obama this week when he threw down the gauntlet to tax-dodging contractors.Taxpayers pay contractors... Read More

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

Senate Version of The Clean Energy Deployment Administration (CEDA)

December 10, 2009 | Policy Brief | Energy

Both the House and Senate have proposed the creation of the new federal financing entity known as the Clean Energy Deployment... Read More

Congressional Budget Office Analysis Confirms Senate CEDA Jeopardizes Billions of Taxpayer Dollars

December 10, 2009 | Policy Brief | Energy

The American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (ACELA), S. 1462, as approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in... Read More

The Amazing Waste: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Funding

November 06, 2009 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Despite being expensive, inefficient, and ineffective, hydrogen fuel cell technologies have received more than $1.4 billion in federal... Read More

Contractor Accountability Legislation in Defense Authorization

October 21, 2009 | Policy Brief | National Security

One of the most interesting—and neglected—sections of the annual defense authorization bill steers annual contracting policy both for DOD... Read More

UPDATE: Congress Passes Final $42.8 DHS Approps Bill

October 21, 2009 | Policy Brief | National Security

(October 21) Congress handed off a $42.8 billion appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security through fiscal year 2010... Read More

Congress Sends $106 Billion Supplemental to President

June 25, 2009 | Policy Brief | National Security

(June 26) We found 13 undisclosed earmarks worth $1.35 billion in the supplemental, including $904 million for seven C-130J aircraft,... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: General Motors

June 01, 2009 | Fact Sheet | Budget & Tax

On June 1st GM filed for bankruptcy protection in order to reorganize. Under the proceeding the company will receive access to an... Read More

Fact Sheet: Border Fence Costs Out of Bounds

April 26, 2009 | Fact Sheet | National Security

Congress mandated the constuction of hundreds of miles of fencing along our Southern border in 2006 without any real knowledge of its... 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

TCS on Gates Defense Budget Cuts

April 05, 2009 | Fact Sheet | National Security

The boom finally lowered on the Pentagon’s budget today, with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates revealing the major weapons cuts... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: Bank of America (and Merrill Lynch)

March 26, 2009 | Policy Brief | Budget & Tax

On September 15, 2008 Bank of America acquired the investment bank Merrill Lynch. Bank of America Bank of America is the nation’s... 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

Nuclear Weapons Spending in the Omnibus

March 05, 2009 | Policy Brief | National Security

A look at the nuclear weapons budget in the omnibus reveals that while Congress is keeping nuke funding on a short leash, a controversial... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: AIG

March 03, 2009 | Fact Sheet | Budget & Tax

UPDATE: March 4, 2009. After reporting a $61.7 billion quarterly loss – the biggest single quarter loss ever – in early March AIG asked... Read More

National Security Spending in the Stimulus

February 13, 2009 | Policy Brief | National Security

The axe has fallen on the final version of the stimulus bill, and some national security spending ended up on the cutting room floor.... 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

Senate Supports Nuke Labs, Border Fence in Stimulus

January 28, 2009 | Policy Brief | National Security

 The House and Senate agree on many of the national security-related agencies that should receive stimulus funding. The Defense... Read More

Report: U.S. Spends Over $52 Billion on Nukes

January 15, 2009 | Reports & Data | National Security

How much does the United States spend on nuclear weapons? Seems like a simple question that the agency charged with tending our nuclear... Read More

GAO: More than $49 Million in Potentially Ineligible Farm Payments

November 24, 2008 | Agriculture

Just months after a new multi-billion dollar five year farm bill was passed into law, a federal watchdog reports that individuals who are... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: Capital One Financial Inc

November 13, 2008 | Fact Sheet | Budget & Tax

Capital One Financial is a financial services company whose products and services include consumer and commercial banking and credit card... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: Goldman Sachs

November 07, 2008 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax

On October 28, 2008, Goldman Sachs received $10 billion of the first $125 billion from the $700 billion bailout bill. Goldman Sachs is a... Read More

Defense Spending: Change or More of the Same?

November 07, 2008 | Fact Sheet | National Security

President-elect Barack Obama’s new transition web site is pledging to review every major defense program for possible cuts, and... Read More

Nuclear Reprocessing

October 31, 2008 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Nuclear fuel reprocessing is the process of collecting nuclear waste to recover and reuse plutonium and uranium. Despite decades of... Read More

Cost of War Reports

August 30, 2008 | Reports & Data | National Security

Below are links to the monthly “Supplemental and Cost of War Execution Reports” compiled by the Defense Accounting Finance Service, DOD’s... Read More

DOD: $13b to Contractors in Afghanistan

August 20, 2008 | Policy Brief | National Security

The Department of Defense paid contractors $13 billion for operations in Afghanistan between 2003 and 2007, according to documents... Read More

CBO Lowballs Estimate of Iraq Contracts

August 13, 2008 | Policy Brief | National Security

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) got a lot of jaws dropping this week with a report estimating the U.S. has spent $85 billion on... Read More

$35 Million in Undisclosed Earmarks in Senate State and Foreign Operations Bill

August 08, 2008 | Earmarks & Appropriations

The 2009 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill contains 7 earmarks worth $35.4 million dollars (click here... Read More

GAO: Defense Contract Audit Agency Bends to Contractor Pressure

July 22, 2008 | Policy Brief | National Security

TCS followers know we have argued for increased oversight of defense spending, particularly spending on contracts. The federal... Read More

Final Days of Don Young’s Way?

With board members jumping ship, the governor asking tough questions, and the cost estimate ballooning, the logical conclusion is that... Read More

Senate Cuts Transportation Earmarks

The FY09 Senate appropriations bill providing money for transportation and Housing and Urban Development projects contains 609 earmarks... Read More

Golden Fleece Award

Taxpayers for Common Sense Announces New Golden Fleece Recipient Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority - Taxpayer Funded Cheerleaders... Read More

TCS Statement On Partnership in Senate Farm Bill Campaign

October 09, 2007 | Agriculture

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2007 CONTACTS: Steve Ellis, 202-546-8500 Washington, D.C. – The following is a statement by Ms.... Read More

House Transportation Spending Bill: The Road to Political Pork

Washington, D.C. - The House FY08 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill contains more... Read More

Kind-Flake Legislation Brings the Farm Bill into the 21st Century

June 12, 2007 | Agriculture

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 13, 2007 CONTACTS: Steve Ellis, 202-546-8500 Washington, D.C. – The following is a written statement by... Read More

Earmark Transparency One Step Closer

January 16, 2007 | Earmarks & Appropriations

Tonight, the Senate unanimously passed an amendment to the ethics bill to bring earmarks out of the shadowy corridors of the capitol and... Read More

TCS Statement on the Signing of the Transportation Bill

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Keith Ashdown, Vice-President of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on George W. Bush... 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

Louisville’s Eastern Bridge Project is a Taxpayer Waste

Remarks by Erich W. Zimmermann, Policy Analyst Delivered at River Valley Club, Louisville, Kentucky June 3, 2005 Good afternoon, my... Read More

The Gravina Access Project: A Bridge to Nowhere

February 09, 2005 | Fact Sheet | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

Recipient of the TCS "Golden Fleece Award in 2003 (Read the award write-up) Project Update (September 2007): After many years of... 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

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

Analysis of Authorized Spending in Energy Bill (2003)

November 16, 2003 | Policy Brief | Energy

   

Golden Fleece: $190 Million Bridge to Nowhere

June 12, 2003 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

***This article first published June 12, 2003 when TCS was the first to shed light on the "Bridge to Nowhere"*** Rep. Don Young... Read More

Rep. Don Young Wins Golden Fleece Award

June 11, 2003 | Awards | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

Washington, D.C. - Rep Don Young (R-AK) was awarded the Golden Fleece Award today by Taxpayers for Common Sense, a budget watchdog... Read More

Analysis of Senate Energy Bill of 2003

May 02, 2003 | Policy Brief | Energy

As the Senate brings their energy policy legislation to the floor this week, it is clear that their bill is as filled with perks for... Read More

Analysis HR6 - Energy Policy Act of 2003

February 06, 2003 | Policy Brief | Energy

The current 768 page, 5 inch thick energy legislation is fueled by pork and will do very little to reduce energy prices or increase... Read More

Terrorism Insurance Giveaway

June 27, 2002 | Policy Brief | National Security

Following the airline industry's lead, insurance executives have been lobbying Congress for terrorism insurance legislation that will... Read More

Passing the Buck

October 01, 2000 | Reports & Data | Natural Resources

How the Mining Industry Used Outdated Rules to Pass Environmental Cleanup Costs to Taxpayers... 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

Pentagon Follies

April 01, 1996 | Reports & Data | National Security

How the Department of Defense Is Wasting Your Tax Dollars... Read More

Budget of the Living Dead

October 31, 1995 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax

How 13 Budget Zombies Are Devouring Your Tax Dollars... Read More

Weekly Wastebasket

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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