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Transportation Reauthorization: Congress Needs to Pay to Pave

November 03, 2011 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Both the House and Senate are poised to begin deliberations over different versions of transportation reauthorization legislation. Though... Read More

Uranium Loan Guarantee Is A Bad Bet

November 02, 2011 | Energy

Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantees are and should be under the magnifying glass. On August 31, 2011, the first company to receive... Read More

Solyndra Probe Continues

October 13, 2011 | Energy

Today the House continued its investigation of the failed Department of Energy loan guarantee to the solar start-up Solyndra. Today... Read More

Clock Ticking Only On Some of the Risky DOE Loan Guarantees

September 20, 2011 | Energy

Today, a portion of the Dept. of Energy Loan Guarantee Program will expire. While that’s good news for taxpayers the trouble is far from... Read More

The American Jobs Act: Concerns mount over President’s Infrastructure Bank proposal

September 12, 2011 | Transportation & Infrastructure

On Tuesday, September 12th, the Obama Administration released the text of the “American Jobs Act” which includes $447 billion in tax... Read More

Support FAA Extension, Reform the Essential Air Service

Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to the Senate, encouraging it to pass H.R. 2553, which would reform the wasteful... Read More

Regulatory Comments for Office of Natural Resources Revenue Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Federal Oil and Gas Valuation

July 14, 2011 | Energy , Natural Resources

Taxpayers for Common Sense submitted comments to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue concerning Federal Oil and Gas Valuation.... Read More

Senate Committee Passes Energy Financing Entity

July 13, 2011 | Energy

With little debate, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed by voice vote a bill to create the Clean Energy Deployment... Read More

Support Amendments to Stop Wasteful Ag Spending

June 15, 2011 | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Support Amendments to Stop Wasteful Ag Spending Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter yesterday to the House of Representatives, asking for their support on a variety of common sense amendments that will save money and end wasteful payments and programs. ... Read More

Taxpayers for Common Sense on PBS Nightly Business Report commenting on the National Flood Insurance

May 18, 2011 |

Taxpayers for Common Sense VP Steve Ellis commenting on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the program\'s $17 billion debt... Read More

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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