What's Happening in Budget & Tax

National Security Spending in the 2010 Budget

Though the topline numbers in the Obama administration’s national security budget for 2010 may not make headlines, there’s a lot of...

Billions in Risky Energy Loan Guarantees Included in Omnibus

The Omnibus Appropriations bill that passed yesterday in the House and is expected next week in the Senate includes $47 billion for the...

Agriculture Policy Reform in the Federal Budget

The President’s budget proposals for the Department of Agriculture includes a number of items that TCS would like to see come to...

President Obama Releases 2010 Federal Budget

President Obama has released his proposed federal budget for FY2010.  Download a copy of the budget here:  FY10 Federal Budget...

Letter to the President: Pledge to Keep the Stimulus Earmark Free

The President The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, On behalf of the millions of members of our respective...

Final Stimulus Bill Posted

The House of Representatives website is being bombarded by taxpayers trying to read the final economic stimulus bill. All 1500...

Support Independent Oversight of the Stimulus

President Obama is likely to place his signature on a $789 billion stimulus bill by President’s Day. Thank you to all of you who have...

Causes of the Financial Crisis (CRS Report)

A handy website called Open CRS has been tracking down as many Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports they can get their hands on...

Taxpayer Victory—We Have Stopped the Congressional Pay Raise

UPDATE--February 10, 2009 The House of Representatives has heard your call. Today, Speaker Pelosi instructed the Appropriations...

CBO: Senate Stimulus Costs $838.2 Billion

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its score for the Senate version of the stimulus legislation.  CBO estimates the...

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...