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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

Senate Transportation Reauthorization Summary Released

July 18, 2011 | Fact Sheet | Transportation & Infrastructure

On the heels of the House's recent proposal, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today released a summary of its own... Read More

House Transportation Reauthorization Proposal Released

July 06, 2011 | Fact Sheet | Transportation & Infrastructure

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, chaired by Rep. John Mica (R-FL) today released an outline of its proposal for a... Read More

Repair Priorities: Transportation Spending Strategies to Save Taxpayer Dollars and Improve Roads

May 31, 2011 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Repair Priorities: Transportation Spending Strategies to Save Taxpayer Dollars and Improve Roads June 1, 2011 Taxpayers for Common Sense and Smart Growth America released a report highlighting smarter investments in road repair and... 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

Draft of Administration’s Transportation Reauthorization Revealed

April 29, 2011 | Fact Sheet | Transportation & Infrastructure

A draft has started floating around of the Obama Administration's reauthorization proposal for the nation's transportation program.... Read More

Reports highlight problems with transportation spending

April 12, 2011 | Fact Sheet | Transportation & Infrastructure

Billions of taxpayer dollars handed out by the Department of Transportation was distributed on the basis of a flawed selection process,... Read More

Framing the Transportation Debate: Two Recent Documents Highlight Key Issues

March 28, 2011 | Fact Sheet | Transportation & Infrastructure

Two documents released recently do a great job framing the upcoming debate over reauthorization of the nation’s surface transportation... 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 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

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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