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Golden Fleece Award

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

A Look at the New New Orleans

posted by Steve Ellis, 202-546-8500 ext. 126     TCS Vice-President, Steve Ellis, just got back from touring the Lower Ninth ward in New...

Failure to Hold Water

In 1997, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published the results of its economic evaluation of a proposed lock to replace the existing lock...

President Vetoes $23 Billion Water Projects Bill

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Steve Ellis, Vice President of Taxpayers for Common Sense on the President...

Water Project Waste: Oppose Water Resources Development Act of 2007

Dear Senator: We write in strong opposition to the final conference version of H.R. 1495, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of...

Rep. Don Young’s Coconut Rd. Earmark Rejected

You may have heard about the $10 million earmark for a Florida highway interchange that Rep. Don Young (R-AK) included the 2005 highway...

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...

Water Project Waste

Dear Senator: On behalf of the nearly one million members of our organizations, we write in strong opposition to the Senate version of the...

Support Flake Amendments to Strike Wasteful Programs from H.R. 1401

Dear Representative: Taxpayers for Common Sense Action urges you to support Representative Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) amendments to cut wasteful...

Sen. Thune Earmark and DM&E Rail Loan - Rejected

Today, the Federal Railroad Administration rejected the Dakota, Mining & Eastern (DM&E) loan application. Why does TCS care? For two main...

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...