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Letter to Senate: Oppose Bloated Farm Bill

May 23, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Agriculture

Letter to Senate: Oppose Bloated Farm Bill Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to the Senate, urging support for common sense reforms to the 2013 farm bill.... Read More

Support McCain-Flake Amendment No. 955

May 23, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Agriculture , Energy

Support McCain-Flake Amendment No. 955     Support McCain-Flake Amendment No. 955 May 23, 2013 The... Read More

Fighting Deficit Reduction

May 20, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture

Fighting Deficit Reduction The most recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s $955 billion farm bill continues to show... Read More

2013 House and Senate Farm Bills Stack on More Subsidies

May 15, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture

2013 House and Senate Farm Bills Stack on More Subsidies As we expected, the House and Senate Agriculture Committees went to great lengths this week to save as little money as possible in their... Read More

Support Bipartisan Crop Insurance Reform Legislation

May 15, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Agriculture

Support Bipartisan Crop Insurance Reform Legislation Today, TCS joined 11 other fiscal conservative groups in supporting the Bipartisan Assisting Family Farmers through Insurance Reform Measures Act.... Read More

Paltry Savings Proposed in 2013 House and Senate Farm Bills

May 14, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture

Paltry Savings Proposed in 2013 House and Senate Farm Bills Late last week, the House and Senate Agriculture Committees released new drafts of five-year farm bills that propose paltry savings--$18... Read More

Fiscal Conservatives Letter on Farm Policy: The “Terrible Twelve”

May 13, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Agriculture

Fiscal Conservatives Letter on Farm Policy: The “Terrible Twelve” Today, TCS joined 10 other fiscally conservative groups highlighting a dozen wasteful farm policy programs. ... Read More

Diverse Stakeholders Applaud Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Reform

April 10, 2013 | Press Releases | Agriculture , Energy

Diverse Stakeholders Applaud Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Reform Today, a bipartisan set of Representatives introduced a bill to take long overdue steps toward reforming the broken Renewable Fuel... Read More

TCS Analysis of the FY14 Presidential Budget Request

TCS Analysis of the FY14 Presidential Budget Request Taxpayers for Common Sense staff will be combing through the budget over the next several hours and days and bringing to light various... Read More

Joint Letter to the Senate: Support Crop Insurance Transparency

March 21, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Joint Letter to the Senate: Support Crop Insurance Transparency Taxpayers for Common Sense and eight other fiscal conservative organizations urge support for a crop insurance transparency amendment. ... 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