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TCS President Ryan Alexander’s Hearing Testimony on The Legality and Efficacy of Line-Item Veto

May 26, 2010 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense President Ryan Alexander testified at the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on the Legality and Efficacy of Line-Item Veto Proposals... Read More

Senate Climate Bill Loads up Taxpayer Giveaways

May 11, 2010 | Statements | Budget & Tax , Energy

Washington, DC -- Today Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) will release their long awaited climate legislation, the... Read More

Taxpayers Must Not Carry Water for Bad Projects: Comments on the Draft Principles and Standards for Water Resource Projects

April 14, 2010 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense submitted comments to the Federal Register concerning revisions to how the nation's water resources are... Read More

House Republicans Adopt One-Year Earmark Moratorium

March 11, 2010 | Our Take | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

It’s been quite a whirlwind the last couple days. On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-WI) announced a... Read More

Ensuring Taxpayer Losses

March 10, 2010 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

TCS Vice President Steve Ellis was invited to testify before a House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee holding a hearing... Read More

House Spending Committee Continues Down Path of Earmark Reform

March 10, 2010 | Event Summary | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

The House Appropriations Committee took a positive step today on the long journey toward earmark reform. Chairman David Obey (D-WI)... Read More

Ongoing TCS Analysis of the FY2011 Budget Proposal

February 26, 2010 | Our Take | Budget & Tax , National Security

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

FY2011 Budget Request: Department of Energy Request

February 01, 2010 | Our Take | Budget & Tax , Energy

The Presidents fiscal year 2011 (FY2011) budget request includes a $28.4 billion discretionary budget for the Department of Energy (DOE).... Read More

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

January 28, 2010 | Statements | Budget & Tax , Energy

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

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

January 27, 2010 | Statements | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

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