Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Spending Less, Spending Smarter: Recommendations for National Security Savings FY 2012 to FY 2021
July 20, 2011 |
Watchdog Groups Identify Nearly $600 Billion in National Security Spending Cuts
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The federal government could save... 
Earmark Terms Glossary
July 06, 2011 |
Categories of Earmarks
Disclosed Lawmaker: Earmarks Earmarks that appear in the explanatory statement of an appropriations bill for...
Big Oil, Big Corn: An in-depth look at the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit
June 23, 2011 |
Big Oil, Big Corn: An in-depth look at the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit
Corn has been subsidized since the 1930s, but it was...
Repair Priorities: Transportation Spending Strategies to Save Taxpayer Dollars and Improve Roads
May 31, 2011 |
June 1, 2011
Taxpayers for Common Sense and Smart Growth America released a report highlighting smarter investments in road repair and...
Subsidy Gusher: Taxpayers Stuck With Massive Subsidies While Oil and Gas Profits Soar
May 17, 2011 |
There are a couple of basic truths about oil and gas companies today--they are highly profitable, heavily subsidized, and well-connected...
The Most For Our Money—Highlighting Solutions for the Nation’s Transportation Problems
May 15, 2011 |
Transportation dollars are tight. The gasoline tax that we rely on to build and maintain our transportation networks isn’t enough to meet...
Common Sense Cuts—$900 billion in savings over 10 years
February 12, 2011 |
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...
TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Tax Expenditures
February 10, 2011 |
Tax Expenditures
Total Cuts: $624 billion
Cuts Include:
Mortgage Interest Deduction
Cut: $390 billion
LIFO
Cut: $52.9...
TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: National Security
February 10, 2011 |
NATIONAL SECURITY
Total Cuts: $95 billion
Total Achieved Savings: $7 billion
For too long, the defense budget was considered...
TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: General
February 10, 2011 |
General
Total Cuts: $421+ million
Cuts Include:
Shift Congressional Pensions to Defined Contribution
Overseas Private Investment...
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