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Taxpayer and Environmental Groups Endorse Flake-Chaffetz Crop Insurance Reform Legislation

July 10, 2012 | Agriculture

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined several groups in urging Congress to support H.R. 6098, "Crop Insurance Subsidy Reform... Read More

Oppose House Farm Bill Draft: Fails to Reform; Creates New Subsidy Entitlement Programs

July 09, 2012 | Agriculture

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined together with several groups today urging Congress to oppose the House of Representative's Draft Farm... Read More

TCS Statement Opposing Transportation Omnibus Bill

The following is a written statement of Ms. Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on H.R. 4348, the transportation... Read More

TCS Statement on Passage of Senate Farm Bill

June 20, 2012 | Agriculture

Statement of Ms. Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense on Senate passage of S. 3240, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and... Read More

Letter to Senate: Support Reforms in the Flawed Farm Bill

June 18, 2012 | Agriculture

Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to the Senate today, urging support for common sense reforms in the Farm Bill. These... Read More

Statement by Ryan Alexander, President of TCS on Common Sense Limit to Taxpayer Subsidies for Crop Insurance

June 13, 2012 | Agriculture

The following is a statement by Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense at a press conference concerning SA 2201, an... Read More

Congress Votes to Keep Same Program That Brought You Solyndra Alive

June 11, 2012 | Energy

Last week the House of Representatives passed the Energy and Water spending bill that provides funding for the Department of Energy's... Read More

TCS Testifies before House Natural Resources Subcommittee

Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) Vice-President Steve Ellis testified about federal subsidies for western water contractors and... Read More

House Cuts $25 Million in Subsidies for Oil Shale

June 06, 2012 | Budget & Tax , Energy , Natural Resources

Yesterday the House of Representatives cut $25 million in new funding for oil shale development. Instead of directing more subsidies at... Read More

Taxpayers for Common Sense Awarded Highest Rating ‘4 Stars’ from Leading Charity Evaluator

June 05, 2012 |

We are excited to announce that Charity Navigator, the largest nonprofit evaluator in the US, has awarded Taxpayers for Common Sense a... 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