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Letter to Congress: Vote NO: S. 1813 Support Taxpayer Positions on Amendments

Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to members of the Senate urging them support taxpayer positions on amendments to the... Read More

Letter to Congress: St. Croix Crossing Is a Bridge Too Far

February 27, 2012 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to members of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee urging them to oppose... Read More

House Transportation Bill: The Current State of Play

February 15, 2012 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Despite initial plans to move ahead with debate and of a transportation bill, political reality set in late yesterday and today for House... Read More

TCS Action Letter to Congress: Budget Gimmicks Hit the Road

February 13, 2012 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to members of Congress as they consider H.R. 7, The American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs... Read More

President funds transportation with irresponsible ‘Peace Dividend’

The administration's FY 2013 Presidential Budget Request proposes a $476 billion six-year reauthorization bill. This is much higher... Read More

TCS Analysis of the FY13 Presidential Budget Request

Last Updated: February 19, 2012 The FY2013 Presidential Budget Request was released this morning (2/13/2012). TCS staff will be posting... Read More

Letter: Oppose the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012

February 13, 2012 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives as they consider H.R.7, the American Energy... Read More

Coalition Letter Urges Congress to Reject Linking Drilling Revenues to the Highway Trust Fund, Preserve User-Pays

February 13, 2012 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Reason Foundation, National Taxpayers Union, and Natural Resources Defense... Read More

Statement by Ryan Alexander, president of TCS on the FY13 Presidential Budget Request

February 13, 2012 | Budget & Tax

The President’s fiscal year 2013 budget request is being released into swirling fiscal, economic, and electoral winds. Those winds... Read More

Earmark Data

February 12, 2012 |

Even under an existing moratorium, earmarks have received a lot of attention in the media, in Congress, and around the water cooler in... Read More

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Weekly Wastebasket

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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