Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Coalition Holds Press Conference on Illinois FutureGen Project
December 19, 2011 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS:
December 19, 2011 Kristina Rasmussen
(217)... 
This Time, Let the Ethanol Tax Break Expire
December 14, 2011 |
The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit, or VEETC, the largest subsidy to the ethanol industry, is set to expire on December 31st. Last...
Letter and Briefing on the Wasteful, Expiring $6 Billion Ethanol Subsidy
December 12, 2011 |
Taxpayers for Common Sense worked with Congressional allies to get 73 Representatives to sign a letter last week asking Speaker of the...
Coalition Letter Opposing Passing Farm Bill Through Super Committee
November 02, 2011 |
Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a coalition on a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, asking them to not...
Congressmen Support Common Sense Cuts to Wasteful Ag Spending
October 20, 2011 |
Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) sent a letter this week to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction...
Taxpayers for Common Sense Targets Oil and Gas Tax Breaks
October 19, 2011 |
October 20, 2011
CONTACT:
Mike Surrusco: michael@taxpayer.net
(202) 546-8500...
Action Alert: Senate Set to Vote on Ethanol Amendment [Completed Action]
October 17, 2011 |
UPDATE:
In 2011, Taxpayers for Common Sense celebrated a major policy win. Congress let the wasteful ethanol tax credit (VEETC) expire...
Senate Energy Committee Needs to Stop the Clean Energy Deployment Administration
July 10, 2011 |
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined with other groups urging Congress to save taxpayers from footing the bill for billions in risky loans by not creating the Clean Energy Deployment Administration....
TCS Comments on Senators’ Compromise on Ethanol Subsidy Elimination
July 07, 2011 |
Today, Sen. Feinstein (D-CA) struck a deal with Sens. Klobuchar (D-MN) and Thune (R-SD) to eliminate the ethanol tax credit (and tariff)....
Coalition letter in support of Reps. Herger and Crowley bill to end 30 years of tax credits to the E
June 27, 2011 |
Today, a diverse coalition of groups including Taxpayers for Common Sense released a letter to Representatives Herger (R-CA) and Crowley (D-NY), expressing strong support for their bill, the Ethanol Subsidy Repeal Act, which would end more than 30 years of tax credits to the ethanol industry. The Act would save taxpayers several billion dollars this year alone, with no impact to the ethanol industry....
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