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President Ms. Ryan Alexander Sliding Past Sequestration Statement

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 2012 CONTACTS: Steve Ellis 202-546-8500... Read More

TCS Statement on Amendment to Freeze Pentagon Budget

July 19, 2012 | Statements | Budget & Tax , National Security

TCS Statement on Amendment to Freeze Pentagon Budget The following is a written statement by Ms. Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense on the adoption of the Frank-Mulvaney... Read More

Green Scissors 2012 Finds Environmentally Destructive Federal Programs

Green Scissors 2012 Finds Environmentally Destructive Federal Programs Left-Right coalition identifies practical steps Congress could take to slash deficits, save natural resources.... Read More

Senate Finance Committee Meets to Talk Energy Tax Reform

June 17, 2012 | Our Take | Budget & Tax , Energy

The Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing last week on tax reform and its impacts on energy policy. Among the four witnesses from... Read More

House Cuts $25 Million in Subsidies for Oil Shale

June 06, 2012 | Our Take | Budget & Tax , Energy , Natural Resources

Yesterday the House of Representatives cut $25 million in new funding for oil shale development. Instead of directing more subsidies at... Read More

End USEC Giveaways in Energy and Water Appropriations Bill

June 04, 2012 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax , Energy

Congress is considering spending $100 million on the United States Enrichment Corporation’s (USEC) Piketon, Ohio enrichment project... Read More

House Backdoor Earmarks $150 million for Parochial Boondoggle

May 17, 2012 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax , Energy , National Security

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). ... Read More

Stop $150 million for troubled uranium project in NDAA

May 15, 2012 | Our Take | Budget & Tax , Energy , National Security

$150 million for the United States Enrichment Corporation's (USEC) Piketon, Ohio enrichment facility has been added to the National... Read More

Statement from TCS President Ms. Ryan Alexander on the House Republican Budget Resolution

March 19, 2012 | Statements | Budget & Tax

The following is a statement by Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on the House Republican Budget... Read More

President funds transportation with irresponsible ‘Peace Dividend’

February 13, 2012 | Our Take | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

The administration's FY 2013 Presidential Budget Request proposes a $476 billion six-year reauthorization bill. This is much higher... 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