Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
(February 23, 2010) Border Security Still Not Paying its Dues
Funding for the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s Secure Border Initiative...
Written Statement by Ms. Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense:
Last night in his 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...
Ms. Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense on the President’s reported proposed three-year budget freeze that excludes...
A Washington Post story this morning throws some cold water on the rosy reports of taxpayers turning a profit under the financial...
Citigroup continues to be one of the largest recipients of taxpayer assistance under TARP (the financial industry bailout). Citigroup is...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) just released its eighth report on TARP, this one a look back over the life of the program. ...
Taxpayers for Common Sense has mapped the connections between earmarks and campaign contributions for the chairman and ranking member of...
The House of Representatives last night voted overwhelmingly – 335-85 – to extend the nation’s transportation program (SAFETEA-LU), which...
Taxpayers received a bit of good news this morning. The Treasury Department announced it will be letting the Guarantee Program for Money...
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While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...
December 17, 2012
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