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Left-Right Agree: Disclose Senate Tax Reform Proposals

  August 1, 2013 Dear Senator, American taxpayers deserve to know the priorities of...

Senate Finance Subcommittee Discusses Energy Tax Reform

The Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure met Wednesday, July 31 to discuss the...

It’s Time for Tax Reform Transparency

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Hatch (R-UT) should be commended for their ‘Blank Slate’ approach to...

Make Tax Reform Proposals Public

Today, TCS joined 29 other diverse organizations in a letter urging transparency within the tax reform debate....

Fiscal Conservatives Urge Open Rule for Defense Spending Bill

  July 22, 2013 Dear Speaker Boehner, We understand that the House of...

Important Cuts Fail & Wasteful Subsidies Hang On in House Energy & Water Bill

Late Wednesday night the House wrapped up debate on the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2014. Several...

Joint Letter to Congress: Trim Fossil Fuel Giveaways in Energy Spending Bill

Members of the Green Scissors Campaign sent a letter to Congress today urging cuts to wasteful fossil fuel subsidies....

Letter to Congress: Trim Funding for B61 Bomb in Energy Spending Bill

Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to Congress today urging support to trim funding for the B61 bomb....

Joint Letter to Congress: Support for Amendment to Cut Wasteful R,D&D

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined several groups today in urging Congress to eliminate wasteful subsidies for the United States Enrichment Corporation....

Baucus and Hatch Propose Blank Slate Tax Reform

Today, Senate Finance Chairman Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Hatch (R-UT) sent a letter to their colleagues proposing “blank slate”...

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...