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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

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

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

Disaster Reforms for Resiliency

Disaster Reforms for Resiliency Over the past decade, extreme weather and storms have become increasingly commonplace – including coastal storms, wildfires, droughts,... 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

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

Letter to the Senate: Oppose Fiscally Irresponsible Amendments to S. 601,  Water Resources Development Act of 2013

May 13, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Transportation & Infrastructure

Letter to the Senate: Oppose Fiscally Irresponsible Amendments to S. 601,  Water Resources Development Act of 2013 This bill is irresponsible and we urge you to oppose it and amendments that will make the bill worse.... 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

Second Fossil Energy Loan Guarantee Solicitation Coming Soon

March 26, 2013 | Our Take | Energy

A second Energy Department solicitation for advanced fossil energy loan guarantees is coming soon, according to a recent Government... Read More

$15 Billion in Taxpayer-Backed Loan Guarantees Likely to Go Out the Door from Flawed DOE Program

March 21, 2013 | Our Take | Energy

$15 Billion in Taxpayer-Backed Loan Guarantees Likely to Go Out the Door from Flawed DOE Program The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released their annual analysis of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Guarantee... 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