Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Today, TCS sent a letter urging the House to reject a new trillion dollar farm bill and instead enact a short-term extension....
Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report finding that farm subsidies are still being paid to...
Yesterday, TCS joined 12 other diverse organizations in a letter supporting a comprehensive review of the federal biofuels mandate....
Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, released the following statement on the House's passage of an agriculture-only farm bill....
Today, TCS urged the House to vote no on an agriculture-only farm bill that would spend more than the Senate-passed 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...
The rhetoric from defenders of Washington’s heavy-handed role in agriculture reached a peak during recent House debate on a nearly $1...
Many farm bill apologists attacked basic means testing as a “poison pill” for the farm bill.
House Agriculture Committee leaders Frank...
"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...
Below is a statement by Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on the House's rejection of the 2013 farm bill. ...
Today, TCS sent a letter urging the House to support common sense amendments to rein in the trillion dollar farm bill. ...
Today, TCS joined other fiscal conservative organizations expressing outrage at the farm bill process. ...
Today, TCS urged the House Rules Committee to allow a full and open debate on the farm bill....
Today, TCS sent a letter to the House opposing the trillion dollar farm bill, HR 1947....
Yesterday was yet another low for Congress. The Senate passed a Farm Bill without any real effort to trim the bloat and waste. ...
Statement of Ms. Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on passage of the 2013 Senate farm bill. ...
Yesterday, the House Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements held a hearing...
The Farm Bill IS NOT a Deficit Reduction Bill
The last two farm bills cost $400 billion more than predicted
Most of this...
Sen. Landrieu (D-LA) has offered an amendment to the farm bill that would delay National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) reforms adopted last summer. ...
Federally subsidized crop insurance is on pace to cost at least $27 billion – 57 percent – more than was promised in the last farm bill...
Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to the Senate, urging support for common sense reforms to the 2013 farm bill....
The most recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s $955 billion farm bill continues to show...
As we expected, the House and Senate Agriculture Committees went to great lengths this week to save as little money as possible in their...
Today, TCS joined 11 other fiscal conservative groups in supporting the Bipartisan Assisting Family Farmers through Insurance Reform Measures Act....
Late last week, the House and Senate Agriculture Committees released new drafts of five-year farm bills that propose paltry savings--$18...
Today, TCS joined 10 other fiscally conservative groups highlighting a dozen wasteful farm policy programs. ...
Today, a bipartisan set of Representatives introduced a bill to take long overdue steps toward reforming the broken Renewable Fuel...
Taxpayers for Common Sense staff will be combing through the budget over the next several hours and days and bringing to light various...
Taxpayers for Common Sense and eight other fiscal conservative organizations urge support for a crop insurance transparency amendment. ...
Last year's trillion-dollar farm bills would have saved billions less than proponents claimed....
Senate Democrats' plan to avoid sequestration cuts fails to save taxpayers enough money....
Taxpayers for Common Sense and twelve other fiscal watchdogs sent a letter to Congress urging they harvest real savings in any new farm bill....
Defenders of agricultural subsidies at all costs are starting to feel the heat.
Yesterday, professors from Ohio State University,...
Ryan Alexander testified before House Oversight and Government Reform Committee...
This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed what taxpayers have feared for months. After tallying losses from last...
As we predicted, all the hype about the “dairy cliff” hitting consumers with sky-high milk prices was nothing but a hoax....
Don’t believe the hype. There is no milk cliff. Yes, after the new year, permanent farm law from 1949 (and 1938) will take effect, but...
TCS awarded the Golden Fleece to USDA's Risk Management Agency for wasting taxpayer funds...
Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a joint letter today urging Congress to reject a five-year farm bill as part of a deficit reduction package....
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that even after this year’s drought, farm profits are on pace to...
Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to Congress urging members to reject passing a nearly trillion-dollar farm bill in the lame duck session....
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October 1, 2012
CONTACTS:
Steve Ellis
202-546-8500...
Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to Speaker Boehner to oppose $1 trillion worth of bad agriculture policy....
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined 13 other organizations representing a diversity of interests in calling on Speaker Boehner to not let taxpayers be subjected to a "bait and switch" on the Farm Bill. Recent comments from House Agriculture Committee leadership clearly outline a strategy to use supplemental drought assistance and a one year extension of the Farm Bill as a “Trojan Horse” to get to conference with the Senate on a five-year Farm Bill....
Following the old adage "never let a crisis go to waste," special interests in Washington are trying to exploit the current drought...
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined several groups in urging Congress to support H.R. 6098, "Crop Insurance Subsidy Reform...
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined together with several groups today urging Congress to oppose the House of Representative's Draft Farm...
Left-Right coalition identifies practical steps Congress could take to slash deficits, save natural resources....
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June 21, 2012
CONTACT:
Joshua Sewell
202-546-8500
Statement of Ms. Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 21, 2012
CONTACT:
Steve Ellis, 202-546-8500 x126
The following is a statement by Ryan Alexander,...
This week Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) took an important step highlighting the need to rein in the largest taxpayer...
The Senate Agriculture Committee today released its version of the Farm Bill and it appears to fall far short of needed reforms. And...
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March 30, 2012
CONTACTS:
Steve Ellis, Vice President, Taxpayers...
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Tim Johnson (D-SD) today introduced legislation that is important in efforts to focus federal...
Last Updated: February 19, 2012
The FY2013 Presidential Budget Request was released this morning (2/13/2012). TCS staff will be posting...
Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a coalition on a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, asking them to not...
Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) sent a letter this week to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction...
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In 2011, Taxpayers for Common Sense celebrated a major policy win. Congress let the wasteful ethanol tax credit (VEETC) expire...
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a broad and diverse coalition applauding Senators Coburn (R-OK) and Feinstein (D-CA) for combining their efforts to end billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded subsidies for conventional ethanol by introducing the bipartisan “Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act.”...
The House Appropriations Committee released the final Continuing Resolution (CR) funding the federal government for the rest of the 2011...
On March 3, 2011 Taxpayers for Common Sense President Ryan Alexander testified at a House Committee on Oversight and Government reform...
Taxpayers for Common Sense was mentioned numerous times on Capitol Hill this February. CSPAN video provided below:
February 7,...
Taxpayers for Common Sense along with 90 other organizations and associations delivered a letter to Congressional leaders on Tuesday...
Today Taxpayers for Common Sense delivered to leadership in both the House and Senate a report on how Congress can quickly cut nearly...
The Co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform gave their proposals to fellow Commission members today....
The House Committee on Agriculture is currently holding a series of hearings reveiwing our country's agriculture policy in order to lay...
Today Taxpayers for Common Sense joined together with representatives from the Grocery Manufacturers Association, American Meat...
The President’s proposed FY2011 Department of Agriculture (USDA) budget is $25.8 billion, slightly reduced from the FY2010 level of $26.9...
The President’s budget proposals for the Department of Agriculture includes a number of items that TCS would like to see come to...
Congress Can’t Afford to Fund Risky Loans; Don’t Extend DOE Loan Guarantee Program in...
TCS joined other groups in a letter to President George W. Bush on suspension of the ethanol tariff. ...
Letter to Congress: Oppose Farm Bill Conference Report
May 13, 2008
Dear...
May 7, 2008
The Honorable George W. Bush
President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,...
February 28, 2008
The Honorable George W. Bush
President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave...
Below is a February 2008 letter to House Speaker and Minority Leader, and Agriculture Committee chairman and ranking member. The letter,...
February 6, 2008
May 14, 2007
Dear Chairman Peterson and Ranking Member Goodlatte:
During reauthorization of the...
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Testimony of Steve Ellis
Vice President,...
February 8, 2007
Dear Member of Congress:
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action, a...
June 5, 2006
Dear Speaker Hastert and Leader Pelosi:
Earlier this month several Members of...
May 26, 2006
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we urge you to...
May 23, 2006
Dear Representative:
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action urges you to support...
Oppose Farm Bill Extension in Budget Reconciliation
December 14,...
July 20, 2004
The Honorable Jeff Flake
United States House of Representatives
424 Cannon House...
Washington, D.C. - The Senate decision today to approve the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) that will increase the use of ethanol to 5...
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