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Ongoing TCS Analysis of the FY2011 Budget Proposal

(February 23, 2010) Border Security Still Not Paying its Dues Funding for the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s Secure Border Initiative...

TCS Applauds President’s Commitment to End Big Oil’s Tax Breaks but Disappointed in Call for Nuclear and Clean Coal Subsidies

Written Statement by Ms. Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense: Last night in his State of the Union address,...

Statement by Ms. Ryan Alexander, President, Taxpayers for Common Sense on the State of the Union Address

Washington, DC - The President laid out the economic and fiscal challenges facing the country tonight in the State of the Union. The...

TCS on the President’s Proposed FY2011 Budget Freeze

Ms. Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense on the President’s reported proposed three-year budget freeze that excludes...

Citigroup Returning TARP Money May Cost Taxpayers Billions

A Washington Post story this morning throws some cold water on the rosy reports of taxpayers turning a profit under the financial...

Bailout Bank Bio: Citigroup Inc.

Citigroup continues to be one of the largest recipients of taxpayer assistance under TARP (the financial industry bailout). Citigroup is...

Bailout Transparency Continues to Fall Short

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) just released its eighth report on TARP, this one a look back over the life of the program. ...

Inouye, Cochran Benefit from Earmark Recipients

Taxpayers for Common Sense has mapped the connections between earmarks and campaign contributions for the chairman and ranking member of...

House Approves 3-Month Highway Bill Extension

The House of Representatives last night voted overwhelmingly – 335-85 – to extend the nation’s transportation program (SAFETEA-LU), which...

A Billion Here A Billion There

Taxpayers received a bit of good news this morning.  The Treasury Department announced it will be letting the Guarantee Program for Money...

Engineering Boondoggles

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