Policy Brief

Analysis of Energy Tax Provisions Included in the Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

The following is a summary of the non-consumer energy tax breaks included in H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008....

Treasury Releases Report on Bailout Expenditures

The Treasury Department has released its first bailout “transaction report,” which documents  where $125 billion of the $700 billion in...

Senate Passes Bailout bill

The Senate passed the bailout bill 74-25 this evening. Here is the rollcall for the vote. This is what we had to say about the Senate...

Bailout Bill and Related Resources

The latest version of the bailout bill was just released.  Read it here. Additional resources (we're adding more as we find them, so...

Government Bailouts Top $1 Trillion in 2008

Update--September 23 Our transparency in government allies at Open CRS obtained a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report The Cost...

Draft Language of the Bailout Plans

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) has drafted a replacement legislative package to the Administration's proposed bailout plan. With a quick glance...

House Releases Homeland Security Earmark Letters

The House Appropriations Committee has just released the earmark request letters for the 2009 Department of Homeland Security...

Risky Business on Wall Street

This morning the federal government (which means you the American taxpayer) became the not-so-proud owner of American International Group...

DOD: $13b to Contractors in Afghanistan

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

Top 10 Congressional Resolutions of the 110th Congress

TCS staff have taken a moment to reflect on the activities of the 110th Congress.  Below is a list of some of their more "notable"...

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...