What's Happening in Cut Subsidies

Taxpayers Cannot Afford a $1 Trillion Farm Bill

Today, TCS sent a letter urging the House to reject a new trillion dollar farm bill and instead enact a short-term extension....

It’s Been a Busy Summer!

It’s been a busy summer! So far, we’ve been instrumental in exposing corporate subsidies in the farm bill. We gained ground in our...

USEC Posts Net Loss in Second Quarter; Seeking Further Taxpayer Handouts

The United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) recently released its midterm financial report and in addition to troubling financials,...

Senate Finance Subcommittee Discusses Energy Tax Reform

The Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure met Wednesday, July 31 to discuss the...

Essential Air Service: Why Reform Isn’t Reducing Overall Cost

Early last year, the President signed the “FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012,” authorizing spending for the Federal Aviation...

Big Oil Continues to Receive Billions in Taxpayer Subsidies While Profits Soar

As midyear profit results are released this week, the oil and gas industry is asserting itself once more as one of the most lucrative and...

Letter to House: Support McClintock-Bridenstine-Hudson Amendment to Cut Essential Air Service

Support McClintock amendment to cut Essential Air Service funding....

TCS Statement on House Passage of Ag-Only Farm Bill

Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, released the following statement on the House's passage of an agriculture-only farm bill....

Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent

Today, TCS urged the House to vote no on an agriculture-only farm bill that would spend more than the Senate-passed bill. ...

Joint Letter to Congress: Trim Fossil Fuel Giveaways in Energy Spending Bill

Members of the Green Scissors Campaign sent a letter to Congress today urging cuts to wasteful fossil fuel subsidies....

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...