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TCS awarded the Golden Fleece to USDA's Risk Management Agency for wasting taxpayer funds...
Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to Speaker Boehner to oppose $1 trillion worth of bad agriculture policy....
The House Committee on Rules decided yesterday to sideline an amendment offered by Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA) to stop all new...
Today House lawmakers passed the fatally flawed "No More Solyndras Act" enabling tens of billions of dollars in high-risk, costly loan guarantees to move forward. Instead of fulfilling its promise, this misleadingly named bill will...
Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the so-called “No More Solyndras Act.” While the bill includes some taxpayer...
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined several groups today urging Congress to support changes to the 'No More Solyndras Act' in order to...
The House Subcommittee on Energy and Power and the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a joint hearing today to...
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to the Senate today, urging support for common sense reforms in the Farm Bill. These...
The following is a statement by Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense at a press conference concerning SA 2201, an...
Last week the House of Representatives passed the Energy and Water spending bill that provides funding for the Department of Energy's...
Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) Vice-President Steve Ellis testified about federal subsidies for western water contractors and...
Yesterday the House of Representatives cut $25 million in new funding for oil shale development. Instead of directing more subsidies at...
Reps. Kucinich (D-OH) and McClintock (R-CA) have offered an amendment to stop new loan guarantees from the Department of Energy (DOE)...
Congress is considering spending $100 million on the United States Enrichment Corporation’s (USEC) Piketon, Ohio enrichment project...
This morning the House voted down an amendment that would have stripped the $150 million added to the National Defense Authorization Act for the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC). ...
$150 million for the United States Enrichment Corporation's (USEC) Piketon, Ohio enrichment facility has been added to the National...
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...
Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report in a series of on-going analyses criticizing the Department of...
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives as they consider H.R.7, the American Energy...
Today the White House released a 60 day review of the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program. The review, conducted by former...
For the first time in decades, a new nuclear reactor is getting its federal license to build and operate in the United States. Today, the...
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to members of Congress as they consider legislation on FAA...
After 23 extensions, Congress is finally on the verge of reauthorizing the nation’s air program for the next four years. This would be...
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to House and Senate conferees before they meet today to negotiate differences between...
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined several groups today to call on Congress to oppose the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans...
Oil subsidies must go, but we can’t stop there; Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program will continue to fail; increased...
The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight met as part of an ongoing series of hearings...
The Department of Energy (DOE) Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program is coming up for some much needed scrutiny after two companies funded...
Both the House and Senate are poised to begin deliberations over different versions of transportation reauthorization legislation. Though...
Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantees are and should be under the magnifying glass. On August 31, 2011, the first company to receive...
Today the House continued its investigation of the failed Department of Energy loan guarantee to the solar start-up Solyndra. Today...
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...
On Tuesday, September 12th, the Obama Administration released the text of the “American Jobs Act” which includes $447 billion in tax...
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to the Senate, encouraging it to pass H.R. 2553, which would reform the wasteful...
Taxpayers for Common Sense submitted comments to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue concerning Federal Oil and Gas Valuation....
With little debate, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed by voice vote a bill to create the Clean Energy Deployment...
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. ...
Taxpayers for Common Sense VP Steve Ellis commenting on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the program\'s $17 billion debt...
Taxpayers for Common Sense has been critical of the Loan Guarantee Program since its inception in 2005 and we are pleased that Congress...
Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to Representative Judy Biggert (R-IL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity, in support of H.R. 1309 the “Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011.”...
Today, Vice President Steve Ellis of Taxpayers for Common Sense testified on behalf of the SmarterSafer Coalition at a House Financial...
Energy Loan Guarantee Program Under More Scrutiny
The Department of Energy Inspector General recently released a report faulting DOE...
On March 3, 2011 Taxpayers for Common Sense President Ryan Alexander testified at a House Committee on Oversight and Government reform...
The House of Representatives is debating a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government for the rest of fiscal year 2011 (through...
The House Continuing Appropriations Bill (CR) offers ample fodder for the chopping block. Unfortunately, House Republicans released a...
On January 26, the Senate Energy Committee and House Natural Resources Committee both held hearings on the final report produced by...
(Update 9/30/2010)
Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense participated in a discussion on whether taxpayers should bear the risks for the...
Score one for the taxpayers! A $7.5 billion Department of Energy loan guarantee for the Calvert Cliffs nuclear reactor near Lusby,...
The key word here is simply. Congress can pass and should pass what is referred to as a “clean” CR, where nothing changes from last...
Last week the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee held a hearing on the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program. The...
Today, TCS presented testimony to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on "Reauthorization of the National Flood...
Statement by Steve Ellis, Vice President, Taxpayers for Common Sense
at Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Tele-Press Conference...
Taxpayers for Common Sense and National Taxpayers Union joined together in opposition to H.R. 1264 - The Multiple Peril Insurance Act of...
The House Committee on Agriculture is currently holding a series of hearings reveiwing our country's agriculture policy in order to lay...
Energy Legislation and Clean Energy Development
The House of Representatives took another step closer to considering energy legislation...
Taxpayers for Common Sense released a joint statement to the Senate Energy and Water Development Subcommittee urging members to oppose...
On Wednesday June 14, The House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to debate and vote on the Consolidated Land, Energy, and...
An AP investigation released yesterday found that in the gulf region alone, there are approximately 27,000 abandoned wells lying...
As we posted yesterday, the Fiscal Year 2011 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill mark-up scheduled in the Subcommittee was postponed. ...
After receiving a 30 day extension, Georgia Power, a Southern Company subsidiary, accepted an $8.3 billion taxpayer-backed loan guarantee...
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the schedule of rental fees it will charge for development of solar generation...
Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action released a letter to the House opposing increased nuclear loan guarantees in the Emergency Supplemental.
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The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill being considered today in committee in the House includes an additional $18 billion in...
Recent press reports indicate that the Administration and leadership on Capitol Hill have brokered a deal to add billions of dollars...
Today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a detailed report documenting taxpayer costs for cleaning up oil and gas wells...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 16, 2010 – Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, issued the following statement today in...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 16, 2010 -- The following is a written statement by Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense...
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:...
Written Statement by Ms. Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense:
Last night in his State of the Union address,...
On December 15th, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee held a hearing on two pieces of legislation aimed at boosting...
Yesterday TCS submitted comments to the Department of Energy (DOE) on proposed changes to the Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program. In early...
Today Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to each member of the House and Senate urging them to oppose any legislative actions to...
Today, the House took an historic step towards addressing climate change by passing The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009....
On June 17, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee adopted S. 949, the 21st Century Energy and Technology Deployment Act as...
Last Thursday, the House Agrculture Committee questioned Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack in a hearing on pending climate change...
The Conference Agreement on the Budget Resolution that is expected to pass the House and Senate today does not include language...
Late last night the Senate passed an amendment to the Budget Resolution supporting a $50 billion reserve fund for the Department of...
The Omnibus Appropriations bill that passed yesterday in the House and is expected next week in the Senate includes $47 billion for the...
Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program. The program,...
During conference negotiations over the stimulus bill, the egregious $50 billion expansion of the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan...
February 10, 2009
Dear Representative,
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action urges you to oppose the inclusion of an additional $50...
(Download a pdf version of this letter)
February 2, 2009
Dear Senator,
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action urges you to oppose...
This week, both the House and Senate included increases for the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee program in their stimulus bills, but...
Despite the federal government’s recognition that “any significant production of oil shale is not likely to occur for a number of years,”...
Dear Representative,
On behalf of our combined memberships, we urge you to oppose any time extensions for the Department of...
In a new report released today, the Government Accountability Office recommends Congress limit the amount of loan guarantees issued by...
Dear Senator,
We urge you to oppose the inclusion of language in the final energy bill exempting the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan...
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