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House Leadership Proposes Outspending Senate in Farm Bill

July 09, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture

House Leadership Proposes Outspending Senate in Farm Bill Fresh on the heels of losing a farm bill vote on the Floor because the rushed bill did not cut spending enough, House leadership is... Read More

Letter to Congress: Trim Funding for B61 Bomb in Energy Spending Bill

July 09, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax , National Security

Letter to Congress: Trim Funding for B61 Bomb in Energy Spending Bill Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to Congress today urging support to trim funding for the B61 bomb.... Read More

Joint Letter to Congress: Support for Amendment to Cut Wasteful R,D&D

July 09, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax , Energy

Joint Letter to Congress: Support for Amendment to Cut Wasteful R,D&D Taxpayers for Common Sense joined several groups today in urging Congress to eliminate wasteful subsidies for the United States Enrichment Corporation.... Read More

DOE Recommits To Fossil Fuel Loan Guarantees

July 08, 2013 | Our Take | Energy

DOE Recommits To Fossil Fuel Loan Guarantees The Department of Energy (DOE) announced last week it would offer an expanded, second solicitation for advanced fossil energy loan... Read More

Another Vogtle Reactor Deadline Passes

July 02, 2013 | Press Releases | Energy

Another Vogtle Reactor Deadline Passes TCS published a press release today on another deadline passed by DOE to reach an agreement on loan guarantee terms for Southern Company's Plant Vogtle... Read More

Medicine Bow Liquid Coal Facility on the Rocks

June 27, 2013 | Our Take | Energy

Medicine Bow Liquid Coal Facility on the Rocks Medicine Bow Fuel and Power LLC—subsidiary of DKRW Advanced Fuels LLC—has filed updated construction and development plans with the state... Read More

Truth Checking Trillion-Dollar Farm Bill Apologists

June 26, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture

Truth Checking Trillion-Dollar Farm Bill Apologists The rhetoric from defenders of Washington’s heavy-handed role in agriculture reached a peak during recent House debate on a nearly $1... Read More

Rhetoric on Adjusted Gross Income Grossly Distorts the Facts

June 26, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture

Rhetoric on Adjusted Gross Income Grossly Distorts the Facts Many farm bill apologists attacked basic means testing as a “poison pill” for the farm bill. House Agriculture Committee leaders Frank... Read More

Math Like Chairman Lucas’ is the Reason We Have a $17 Trillion Debt

June 26, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture

Math Like Chairman Lucas’ is the Reason We Have a $17 Trillion Debt "And if you look at how [crop insurance] has worked in the 7 years prior to the onset of the drought of 2011, basically the Federal... Read More

TCS Statement on House Rejection of 2013 Farm Bill

June 20, 2013 | Statements | Agriculture

TCS Statement on House Rejection of 2013 Farm Bill Below is a statement by Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on the House's rejection of the 2013 farm bill. ... 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