Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Well, the House Appropriations Committee filed the Military Construction spending bill. This is the first show of actually moving bills...
The FY 2009 Senate Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations bill contains 942 earmarks for a total cost of more than $847...
This is the first in a series of state specific analyses Taxpayers for Common Sense is completing on energy industry subsidies, profits and production. The goal of these analyses will be to raise awareness of the national subsidies the oil and gas industry receives....
**First posted Feb. 14, 2008**
Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) staff and interns have devoted thousands of hours to researching,...
Congress disclosed 11,234 earmarks worth $14.8 billion in this year’s spending bills. An additional $3.5 billion worth of earmarks were...
Despite reform, new database finds that Congress hasn’t lost its appetite for pork
Washington, D.C. – Congress has cut earmarks by 23...
Investing in Smart Water Strategies for Pennsylvania and the Nation...
Road to Ruin documents 27 road projects that will drain federal tax dollars, harm communities, and damage the natural environment. In total, these projects would cost federal taxpayers at least $24 billion....
The nation’s largest water management agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is at a crossroads. The Corps is poised to either...
***This article first published June 12, 2003 when TCS was the first to shed light on the "Bridge to Nowhere"***
Rep. Don Young...
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Volume XVIII No. 37
Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...
July 11, 2013