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Senate Jobs Bill: The Wrong Direction on Transportation

February 24, 2010 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Updated 2:33pm The Senate-passed jobs bill (Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act or the Jobs for Main Street Act) contains a... Read More

North Shore Road: Final Agreement a Win for Taxpayers

February 10, 2010 | 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

Support Sound Science for Salmon

October 14, 2009 | Transportation & Infrastructure

We commend Congressmen Jim McDermott (D-WA), Tom Petri (R-WI), and the current cosponsors of H.R. 3503, the Salmon Solutions and Planning... Read More

Hearing: Recovery Act: 160-Day Progress Report for Transporation and Infrastructure Programs

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing today entitled: “Recovery Act: 160-Day Progress Report for... Read More

TCS Letter to Congress on Salmon Solutions and Planning Act

This week TCS released a letter to Congress supporting the Salmon Solutions and Planning Act. The legislation was introduced by... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: Chrysler

Chrysler LLC was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.  In 2007 Cerberus Capital Management took up managing... Read More

Failing Salmon Recovery Efforts are Costing Taxpayers Billions

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

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

FY2009 Appropriations Bills: TCS Analyses and Earmark Databases

The following are links to TCS's analysis and database for each of the FY09 appropriations bills. (Note: With the exception of House... 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