What's Happening in Agriculture

Taxpayers Cannot Afford a $1 Trillion Farm Bill

Today, TCS sent a letter urging the House to reject a new trillion dollar farm bill and instead enact a short-term extension....

New Report Finds Millionaires Still Receive Farm Subsidies

Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report finding that farm subsidies are still being paid to...

Letter to Energy & Commerce Committee: Support Comprehensive Review of the Renewable Fuel Standard

Yesterday, TCS joined 12 other diverse organizations in a letter supporting a comprehensive review of the federal biofuels mandate....

TCS Statement on House Passage of Ag-Only Farm Bill

Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, released the following statement on the House's passage of an agriculture-only farm bill....

Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent

Today, TCS urged the House to vote no on an agriculture-only farm bill that would spend more than the Senate-passed bill. ...

House Leadership Proposes Outspending Senate in Farm Bill

Fresh on the heels of losing a farm bill vote on the Floor because the rushed bill did not cut spending enough, House leadership is...

Truth Checking Trillion-Dollar Farm Bill Apologists

The rhetoric from defenders of Washington’s heavy-handed role in agriculture reached a peak during recent House debate on a nearly $1...

Rhetoric on Adjusted Gross Income Grossly Distorts the Facts

Many farm bill apologists attacked basic means testing as a “poison pill” for the farm bill. House Agriculture Committee leaders Frank...

Math Like Chairman Lucas’ is the Reason We Have a $17 Trillion Debt

"And if you look at how [crop insurance] has worked in the 7 years prior to the onset of the drought of 2011, basically the Federal...

TCS Statement on House Rejection of 2013 Farm Bill

Below is a statement by Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on the House's rejection of the 2013 farm bill. ...

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...