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Taxpayers for Common Sense Awarded Highest Rating from Leading Charity Evaluator

June 12, 2013 | Our Take |

Taxpayers for Common Sense Awarded Highest Rating from Leading Charity Evaluator Once Again, Taxpayers for Common Sense Awarded Highest Rating – “4 Stars” – from Leading Charity Evaluator... Read More

It’s Gonna be a Long Summer!

June 12, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture

It’s Gonna be a Long Summer! Yesterday was yet another low for Congress. The Senate passed a Farm Bill without any real effort to trim the bloat and waste. ... Read More

Letter to Senate: Oppose Subsidies for Unconventional Fuels in NDAA

June 12, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Energy , National Security

Letter to Senate: Oppose Subsidies for Unconventional Fuels in NDAA   Oppose Amendments to Defense Authorization Bill that Provide Subsidies for Unconventional... Read More

TCS Testifies on Revenue Sharing before House Natural Resources Subcommittee

June 11, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Energy , Natural Resources

TCS Testifies on Revenue Sharing before House Natural Resources Subcommittee Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense President Ryan Alexander testified before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and... Read More

TCS Statement on Passage of 2013 Senate Farm Bill

June 10, 2013 | Statements | Agriculture

TCS Statement on Passage of 2013 Senate Farm Bill Statement of Ms. Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on passage of the 2013 Senate farm bill. ... Read More

Oversight Hearing on Federal Renewable Fuel Standard

June 06, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture , Energy

Oversight Hearing on Federal Renewable Fuel Standard Yesterday, the House Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements held a hearing... Read More

The Farm Bill is $1 Trillion of Business as Usual

June 05, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture

The Farm Bill is $1 Trillion of Business as Usual The Farm Bill IS NOT a Deficit Reduction Bill The last two farm bills cost $400 billion more than predicted   Most of this... Read More

Fiscal Watchdogs Oppose Farm Bill Gutting Flood Insurance Reform

June 04, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Fiscal Watchdogs Oppose Farm Bill Gutting Flood Insurance Reform Sen. Landrieu (D-LA) has offered an amendment to the farm bill that would delay National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) reforms adopted last summer. ... Read More

Not a Check, It’s a Bill

May 31, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture , Energy , Transportation & Infrastructure

Not a Check, It’s a Bill Federally subsidized crop insurance is on pace to cost at least $27 billion – 57 percent – more than was promised in the last farm bill... Read More

TCS Presents “Subsidizing Small Modular Reactors”

May 30, 2013 | Event Summary | Earmarks & Appropriations , Energy

TCS Presents “Subsidizing Small Modular Reactors” Taxpayers for Common Sense was invited today to present on federal taxpayer subsidies and liabilities surrounding small modular nuclear... Read More

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September 13, 2013

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... Read More