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Crossroads: Congress, the Corps of Engineers, and the Future of America’s Water Resources

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

October 2003 Letter to Governor Bill Owens

October 30, 2003 | Transportation & Infrastructure

The Honorable Bill Owens Governor 136 State Capitol Denver, CO 80203-1792 Dear Governor Owens: Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS... Read More

Amend Sec. 5025 to Require Cost-Justification for Arkansas River Deepening Project

Dear Chairman Young:     Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action), a non-partisan, budget watchdog group, is highly concerned by... Read More

House Approves $8 Million for Delaware Deepening

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Steve Ellis, Vice President for Programs at Taxpayers for Common Sense in... Read More

Keep Fiscally Wasteful Project Out of FY04 Energy and Water Development Appropriations

Dear Chairman Hobson and Representative Visclosky: Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action), a non-partisan, budget watchdog group,... Read More

Include Reform for Army Corps of Engineers in Water Resources Development Act

Dear Chairman Young: As you mark up a potential Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2003, we urge you to include significant reforms... Read More

Golden Fleece: $190 Million Bridge to Nowhere

***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

Oppose H.R. 901: Bridge Proposal Rips Off Taxpayers

Dear Resources Committee Member:  We oppose H.R. 901, introduced by Congressmen John Doolittle (R-CA) and Doug Ose (R-CA). This bill... Read More

Folsom Bridge Legislation is Over Trouble Waters, Says TCS

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement from Aileen Roder, Program Director of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a national... Read More

Federal Salmon Recovery Plan Year 2: Costing hundreds of millions of dollars and doing little for salmon

February 26, 2003 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Autumn Hanna, Senior Policy Analyst at Taxpayers for Common Sense, a national... 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