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Big Oil, Big Profits: Industry Tops $120 Billion in 2012

February 05, 2013 | Energy

Big Oil, Big Profits: Industry Tops $120 Billion in 2012 As annual financial reports come in, it’s clear the oil and gas industry is looking to continue its decade long trend of being one of the... Read More

Even More Options for Cutting Crop Insurance Costs

February 05, 2013 | Agriculture

Even More Options for Cutting Crop Insurance Costs Defenders of agricultural subsidies at all costs are starting to feel the heat. Yesterday, professors from Ohio State University,... Read More

TCS Moderates Congressional Briefings on Reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard

February 05, 2013 | Agriculture , Energy

TCS Moderates Congressional Briefings on Reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard             February 5, 2013 CONTACTS: Steve Ellis, 202-546-8500 ext... Read More

Big Oil Boasts High Profits; Subsidies Continue

February 01, 2013 | Energy

Big Oil Boasts High Profits; Subsidies Continue Oil and gas companies continue to boast substantial profits while reaping billions in taxpayer-backed subsidies. As of February 1st, four... Read More

It’s Official: 2012 Drought Cost Taxpayers a Record $14 Billion

January 16, 2013 | Agriculture

It’s Official: 2012 Drought Cost Taxpayers a Record $14 Billion This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed what taxpayers have feared for months. After tallying losses from last... Read More

Farm Bill Extension Better Than Trillion-Dollar Bill

January 03, 2013 | Agriculture

Farm Bill Extension Better Than Trillion-Dollar Bill As we predicted, all the hype about the “dairy cliff” hitting consumers with sky-high milk prices was nothing but a hoax.... Read More

Lactose Intolerance: There is No Dairy Cliff

December 28, 2012 | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Lactose Intolerance: There is No Dairy Cliff Don’t believe the hype. There is no milk cliff. Yes, after the new year, permanent farm law from 1949 (and 1938) will take effect, but... Read More

House Science Subcommittee Debates Oil Shale Subsidies

December 12, 2012 | Budget & Tax , Energy , Natural Resources

The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a hearing November 30th to discuss the development... Read More

Hall Bill to Create Millions in New Taxpayer Handouts for Oil Shale

December 10, 2012 | Energy , Natural Resources

Last month, Representative Ralph Hall (R-TX) introduced a bill (H.R. 6603) to create $50 million in new taxpayer-funded handouts for oil shale speculation.... Read More

Fiscal Conservatives: Taxpayers Won’t Harvest Farm Bill Savings

December 07, 2012 | Agriculture

Fiscal Conservatives: Taxpayers Won’t Harvest Farm Bill Savings Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a joint letter today urging Congress to reject a five-year farm bill as part of a deficit reduction package.... Read More

Drought Fails to Dry Up Farm Profits

November 30, 2012 | Agriculture

Drought Fails to Dry Up Farm Profits Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that even after this year’s drought, farm profits are on pace to... Read More

Letter to Congress: Oppose Any Fiscal Cliff Farm Bill Deal

November 29, 2012 | Agriculture

Letter to Congress: Oppose Any Fiscal Cliff Farm Bill Deal Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to Congress urging members to reject passing a nearly trillion-dollar farm bill in the lame duck session.... Read More

Report shows billions risked on oil shale speculation

November 29, 2012 | Budget & Tax , Energy , Natural Resources

Report shows billions risked on oil shale speculation With fiscal cliff looming, TCS calls for end to government handouts for failed oil shale experiments.... Read More

President Ms. Ryan Alexander Sliding Past Sequestration Statement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 2012 CONTACTS: Steve Ellis 202-546-8500 x126 or steve@taxpayer.net Taxpayers for Common Sense... Read More

Letter to the Speaker: Washington Cannot Make It Rain

September 14, 2012 | Agriculture

Letter to the Speaker: Washington Cannot Make It Rain Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to Speaker Boehner to oppose $1 trillion worth of bad agriculture policy.... Read More

Support Amendments to Cut Waste in Defense Spending Bill

July 17, 2012 | National Security

  July 18, 2012 Dear Representative:  Taxpayers for Common Sense Action, a... Read More

Oppose House Farm Bill Draft: Fails to Reform; Creates New Subsidy Entitlement Programs

July 09, 2012 | Agriculture

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined together with several groups today urging Congress to oppose the House of Representative's Draft Farm... Read More

TCS Statement on Passage of Senate Farm Bill

June 20, 2012 | Agriculture

Statement of Ms. Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense on Senate passage of S. 3240, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and... Read More

Letter to Senate: Support Reforms in the Flawed Farm Bill

June 18, 2012 | Agriculture

Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to the Senate today, urging support for common sense reforms in the Farm Bill. These... Read More

Statement by Ryan Alexander, President of TCS on Common Sense Limit to Taxpayer Subsidies for Crop Insurance

June 13, 2012 | Agriculture

The following is a statement by Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense at a press conference concerning SA 2201, an... Read More

House Cuts $25 Million in Subsidies for Oil Shale

June 06, 2012 | Budget & Tax , Energy , Natural Resources

Yesterday the House of Representatives cut $25 million in new funding for oil shale development. Instead of directing more subsidies at... Read More

TCS Statement on Sanders-Ellison Bill Eliminating Fossil Fuel Subsidies

May 09, 2012 | Energy

Statement of Ryan Alexander, President, Taxpayers for Common Sense on the introduction of the Sanders-Ellison bill to eliminate... Read More

Taxpayers for Common Sense Statement on Common Sense Step Toward an Appropriate Agricultural Safety Net

March 20, 2012 | Agriculture

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Tim Johnson (D-SD) today introduced legislation that is important in efforts to focus federal... Read More

TCS Statement on Senate Adoption of “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (MAP-21)

The following is a statement by Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on S. 1813, "Moving Ahead for Progress in the... Read More

Ideologically diverse coalition sends letter to Congress: Stop the NAT GAS Act

Taxpayers for Common Sense Action joined an ideologically diverse coalition in a letter to the Senate urging them to oppose Amendment... Read More

Senate Defeats Attempt to Attach NAT GAS Act to Transportation Bill

March 12, 2012 | Energy

Today the Senate defeated an amendment offered by Senators Menendez (D-NJ) and Burr (R-NC) that would have provided billions in lucrative... Read More

Letter to Congress: Vote NO: S. 1813 Support Taxpayer Positions on Amendments

Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to members of the Senate urging them support taxpayer positions on amendments to the... Read More

Coal Subsidies Database

February 12, 2012 | Energy , Natural Resources

Over the years the coal industry has received billions in federal subsidies, in a variety of forms including direct grants, loan... Read More

FutureGen Behind Schedule: What’s Happening to Taxpayers’ Billion Dollars?

February 09, 2012 | Energy

Despite a billion dollar taxpayer investment and years of commitment by the Department of Energy (DOE), in a United States Energy... Read More

An Open Letter to the United States Congress: No Special Tax Treatment for Natural Gas Vehicles!

January 30, 2012 | Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined several groups today to call on Congress to oppose the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans... Read More

State of the Union Energy Proposals

January 25, 2012 | Energy

Oil subsidies must go, but we can’t stop there; Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program will continue to fail; increased... Read More

Diverse Groups Mark Expiration of Ethanol Subsidy

January 03, 2012 | Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense joins several groups in marking the expiration of the largest subsidy to the ethanol industry, something TCS... Read More

Coalition Holds Press Conference on Illinois FutureGen Project

December 19, 2011 | Energy

               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: December 19, 2011 Kristina Rasmussen (217)... Read More

This Time, Let the Ethanol Tax Break Expire

December 14, 2011 | Energy

The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit, or VEETC, the largest subsidy to the ethanol industry, is set to expire on December 31st. Last... Read More

Letter and Briefing on the Wasteful, Expiring $6 Billion Ethanol Subsidy

December 12, 2011 | Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense worked with Congressional allies to get 73 Representatives to sign a letter last week asking Speaker of the... Read More

Coalition Letter Opposing Passing Farm Bill Through Super Committee

November 02, 2011 | Agriculture

Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a coalition on a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, asking them to not... Read More

Taxpayers for Common Sense Targets Oil and Gas Tax Breaks

October 19, 2011 | Energy

October 20, 2011 CONTACT: Mike Surrusco: michael@taxpayer.net (202) 546-8500 x102 Taxpayers for Common Sense Targets Oil and Gas... Read More

Senate Energy Committee Needs to Stop the Clean Energy Deployment Administration

July 10, 2011 | Energy

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.... Read More

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).... Read More

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.... Read More

Ethanol Update: Coalition Applauds Two Important Votes to End Taxpayer-Funded Ethanol Subsidies in t

June 23, 2011 |

WASHINGTON, DC – June 16, 2011 – A broad and diverse coalition that includes business associations, taxpayer advocates, hunger and... Read More

Coalition Letter Supporting Ending Wasteful $6 Billion Annual Ethanol Subsidy

June 12, 2011 | Budget & Tax , Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a broad and diverse coalition supporting Senators Coburn (R-OK), Feinstein (D-CA), and McCain (R-AZ) and their amendments this week which will end the $6 billion annual, taxpayer-funded subsidies for conventional ethanol which go to Big Oil when they blend ethanol with gasoline. ... Read More

TCS Releases Report on Largest Ethanol Subsidy

June 08, 2011 | Budget & Tax , Energy

Today Taxpayers for Common Sense released a comprehensive report on the largest subsidy to corn ethanol, the Volumetric Ethanol Excise... Read More

TCS post in Blue Dog Research Forum’s “Point and Counterpoint” edition on whether or not to end tax benefits to the Oil and Gas Industry

June 07, 2011 | Budget & Tax , Energy

The Blue Dog Research Forum's "Point and Counterpoint" Edition asked the question: Should We End Tax Benefits to the Oil and Gas... Read More

Coalition Letter Opposing Clean Energy Deployment Administration

May 25, 2011 | Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense and a coalition of groups sent a letter to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee calling for them to oppose the Clean Energy Deployment Administration.... Read More

Coalition Letter Opposing NATGAS Act—A Bill to Subsidize the Natural Gas Vehicle Industry

May 22, 2011 | Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined 16 other taxpayer and conservative groups on an open letter to Congress urging them to oppose yet another new energy subsidy. ... Read More

Democrats target big oil: Experts debate - Washington Post Live Q&A at 2pm

May 10, 2011 | Energy

Democrats target big oil: Experts debate In an effort to create revenue and decrease the deficit, Democrats are pushing to end tax... Read More

TCS Action Letter: Tax Reform Must Tackle Oil and Gas Subsidies

May 09, 2011 | Energy

TCS Action sent a letter to Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) to urge crafting of a bill that will trim unnecessary wasteful oil and gas tax breaks. By eliminating wasteful and outdated tax breaks, Congress can bring valuable revenue to the Treasury and begin chipping away at the nation's trillion dollar deficit.... Read More

TCS Letter in Opposition to H.R. 1380, the NAT GAS Act

May 03, 2011 | Energy

TCS Letter in Opposition to H.R. 1380, the NAT GAS Act Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives calling for Congress to oppose H.R. 1380, the New Alternative Transportation to Give American Solutions or NAT GAS Act.... Read More

Letter Supporting Bipartisan Effort to Cut Billions in Ethanol Giveaway

May 03, 2011 | Agriculture , Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a broad and diverse coalition applauding Senators Coburn (R-OK) and Feinstein (D-CA) for combining their efforts to end billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded subsidies for conventional ethanol by introducing the bipartisan “Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act.”... Read More

TCS Letter to House Speaker John Boehner Agreeing with his Recent Comments on Oil Subsidies

April 25, 2011 | Budget & Tax , Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner, regarding his recent comments that oil companies "ought to be paying their fair share."... Read More

Updates & Budgetary Gimmicks in the Final Continuing Resolution Unveiled by House Appropriations

The House Appropriations Committee released the final Continuing Resolution (CR) funding the federal government for the rest of the 2011... Read More

Taxpayer Letter to the Senate: End Ethanol Tax Credit

March 28, 2011 | Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to senators today urging them to support efforts to immediately end spending billions of taxpayer dollars on a wasteful tax credit that was set to expire last year. Read our letter below and contact your senators to ask for their support on this common sense taxpayer-friendly amendment. ... Read More

Coalition Letter to Congress Calls for an End to Energy Subsidies

March 17, 2011 | Budget & Tax , Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense along with a coalition of nearly 30 groups sent a letter to Congress calling for an end to energy... Read More

Broad Coalition Supports Senators Efforts to End VEETC

March 11, 2011 | Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense alongside a broad and diverse coalition of groups sent a letter supporting the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax... Read More

TCS Testifies at the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

March 03, 2011 | Agriculture , Budget & Tax , Energy

On March 3, 2011 Taxpayers for Common Sense President Ryan Alexander testified at a House Committee on Oversight and Government reform... Read More

Broad Coalition Calls for the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit to Expire

March 01, 2011 | Agriculture , Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense along with 90 other organizations and associations delivered a letter to Congressional leaders on Tuesday... Read More

Ongoing Analysis of Debate Over FY11 Continuing Resolution

February 16, 2011 | Budget & Tax , Energy , National Security

The House of Representatives is debating a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government for the rest of fiscal year 2011 (through... Read More

TCS Action Letter Urges Congress to Oppose ANY Extension to the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit

December 10, 2010 | Energy

Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to Congress urging members to oppose ANY extension to the Volumetric Ethanol... Read More

Diverse Coalition Calls for Congress to End the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC)

November 29, 2010 | Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense, together with a diverse coalition of 58 groups, sent a letter to congressional leaders today urging them to... Read More

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Urges Congress to extend $5 billion/year Ethanol Tax Credit

October 21, 2010 | Energy

US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday urged members of Congress to reinstate the biodiesel tax credit and extend... Read More

Press Release: Broad Coalition Opposes Ethanol Industry Proposal, Supports Real Reform

October 11, 2010 | Energy

Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense alongside environmental groups and business associations hosted a conference call with members of the... Read More

Keep it Clean

September 29, 2010 |

The key word here is simply.  Congress can pass and should pass what is referred to as a “clean” CR, where nothing changes from last... Read More

FutureGen: Massive Clean Coal Project Changes Track, Still Securing $1 Billion Earmarked in the Stimulus

August 04, 2010 | Earmarks & Appropriations , Energy

Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the plan to build “FutureGen” a massive commercial “clean coal” facility in Mattoon,... Read More

TCS Action: Support Key Provisions and Strengthening Amendments to the CLEAR Act; Oppose Weakening Amendments

July 13, 2010 | Energy , Natural Resources

On Wednesday June 14, The House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to debate and vote on the Consolidated Land, Energy, and... Read More

Blumenauer, Menendez Call for an End to Big Oil Subsidies

July 08, 2010 | Energy

On June 30, 2010, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced the End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act to cut a number of subsidies for big... Read More

House Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Mark-Up Delayed

June 23, 2010 | Energy

Today the House Committee on Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee was scheduled to hold the first mark-up on a Fiscal Year... Read More

Senator Seeks Repeal of Billions of Dollars in Subsidies to Oil and Gas Companies

June 08, 2010 | Energy , Natural Resources

 Today, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) filed an amendment, 4318, to so-called tax extenders legislation that would repeal $35 billion... Read More

BP Circular Logic on Taxpayer Subsidies For Cleanup

June 01, 2010 | Energy

 “And our efforts will not come at any cost to the taxpayers.” – BP advertisement, New York Times, June 2, 2010 BP’s assurance that... Read More

TCS Action Letter: Energy and Climate Legislation: More Transparency and Accountability

May 11, 2010 |

  Energy and Climate Legislation: More Transparency and Accountability May 11, 2010 There are three key principles that must... Read More

TCS Action Letter: Energy Tax Bill Should End Coal Liquids, Oil and Gas Tax Breaks and Not Extend the VEETC

May 10, 2010 | Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to the House Committee on Ways and Means urging members to protect taxpayers' interests in drafting energy tax and green jobs legislation.... Read More

TCS Action Letter: OPIC - Stop Corporate Welfare

March 24, 2010 | Budget & Tax

Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action released a letter to the House urging support for legislation introduced by Representatives... Read More

Bill Introduced to Extend Wasteful Ethanol Tax Credits

March 24, 2010 | Agriculture , Energy

Today Taxpayers for Common Sense joined together with representatives from the Grocery Manufacturers Association, American Meat... Read More

The Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program: History and Taxpayer Risk

March 11, 2010 | Energy

Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program to provide loan guarantees... Read More

TCS Action Letter: Blanket Tax Credit Extensions a Bad Deal for Taxpayers

March 08, 2010 | Budget & Tax , Energy

This afternoon, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to the Senate opposing blanket tax credit extensions in the Tax Extenders... Read More

TCS Action Letter: Liquid Coal Tax Credits Are Money Losers for Taxpayers

March 08, 2010 | Energy

Today Taxpayers for Common Sense Action  released a letter to the Senate opposing the inclusion of generous tax breaks for liquid coal in... Read More

FY11 Budget Cuts Agriculture Waste

February 10, 2010 | Agriculture , Earmarks & Appropriations

The President’s proposed FY2011 Department of Agriculture (USDA) budget is $25.8 billion, slightly reduced from the FY2010 level of $26.9... Read More

FY2011 Budget Request: Administration Triples Risky Loan Guarantees for Nuclear Reactors

February 01, 2010 | Energy

The President’s FY2011 budget proposal triples funding to the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program.  This includes $36 billion in... Read More

FY2011 Budget Request: President Expands Cuts to Fossil Fuel Subsidies

February 01, 2010 | Energy

Similar to last year’s budget request, the Fiscal year 2011 budget request eliminates several longstanding oil and gas subsidies.  TCS is... 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 | 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

Coal to Liquids: A Costly Gamble

December 07, 2009 | Energy

Discovered by German scientists during World War II, the Fischer-Tropsch process – referred to by the Department of Energy as... Read More

Department of Energy Issues the “final rule” on Loan Guarantees

December 07, 2009 | Energy

Today the Department of Energy (DOE) released their amended final rule governing the Title XVII loan guarantee program. The program’s... Read More

Oil Companies To Reap More Profits on Backs of Federal Taxpayers

October 04, 2009 | Energy , Natural Resources

Taxpayers will likely lose at least $19 billion to oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court... Read More

Administration Calls for an End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies

September 24, 2009 | Energy

At the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh today, President Obama and the other G-20 leaders called for an international end to fossil fuel... Read More

NEW ANALYSIS: Royalty-in-Kind Program Costing Taxpayers Millions

September 15, 2009 | Energy , Natural Resources

Oil and Gas companies have skirted millions of dollars in payments owed to the federal government for the extraction of natural gas from... Read More

Salazar Announces Termination of Royalty-in-Kind Program

September 15, 2009 | Energy , Natural Resources

This morning, Interior Secretary Salazar announced that he will end the mismanaged and wasteful Minerals Management Service’s (MMS)... Read More

Nuclear Power Subsidies

August 05, 2009 | Energy

Since the nation began using nuclear energy, the federal government has provided billions in subsidies to the industry. More than $85... Read More

Important Legislation Calls for End to Double Subsidies for Hardrock Mining Operations

August 03, 2009 | Natural Resources

Taxpayers for Common Sense applauds Senators Feingold (D-WI), Cantwell (D-WA), and Feinstein (D- CA) for introducing the Elimination of... Read More

TCS Letter to the Senate on Hardrock Mining Laws

July 06, 2009 | Natural Resources

                 June 23, 2009 Dear Senator, For more than 137... Read More

House Energy and Water Subcommittee Cuts a Billion Dollars from the President’s Budget Request

June 29, 2009 | Energy

Last Thursday, the House Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held their mark-up of the fiscal year 2010 Energy and Water... Read More

Captain Morgan’s Bailout Binge

June 26, 2009 | Budget & Tax

Bloomberg News reports today on some of the more egregious unintended consequences of the Economic Stabilization legislation (Bank... Read More

Senate Energy Committee Passes American Clean Energy Leadership Act

June 16, 2009 | Energy

Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources completed work on the American Clean Energy Leadership Act (ACELA), passing... Read More

Taxpayer Giveaway to Oil and Gas Industries Repealed in Senate Energy Committee

June 15, 2009 | Energy

Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee narrowly passed an amendment to repeal the outer continental shelf deep water and... Read More

GAO and Land Swaps

June 11, 2009 | Budget & Tax , Natural Resources

The GAO has just released a lengthy report on the questionable land exchange process.  TCS has frequently pointed out how the process is... Read More

House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing on Department of Energy FY10 Budget Request

June 07, 2009 | Budget & Tax , Energy

On Wednesday, the House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee heard testimony from Department of Energy Secretary... Read More

TCS Supports Reform of 1872 Mining Law

March 06, 2009 | Natural Resources

Congressman Rahall has introduced legislation, H.R. 699 to reform the law that governs the mining of gold, silver, copper, uranium and... Read More

President Cuts Oil and Gas Subsidies

March 02, 2009 | Budget & Tax , Energy

The President’s budget highlights, released last week, took the ax to major subsidies to the oil and gas industry. Through the... Read More

TCS Presents: Loan Guarantees and You

February 25, 2009 | Energy

Today TCS explained the basics of the Department of Energy's loan guarantees program at an Institute for Energy and Environmental... Read More

Clean Coal Gets Boost in House and Senate Stimulus Bills

January 30, 2009 | Energy

Both the House and Senate included increase for clean coal technologies in their stimulus bills. The House provided $2.4 billion for... Read More

GAO and Bailout banks

January 16, 2009 | Budget & Tax

As part of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) work on offshore tax havens, their most recent report – released today – really... Read More

Nuclear Subsidies Past and Present

December 12, 2008 | Energy

Since the beginning of nuclear energy the federal government has provided billions in handouts to the industry. More than $85 billion has... Read More

Private Industry Finds Coal-to-Liquids too Risky So Why Should Taxpayers Pick-Up the Tab?

December 10, 2008 | Energy

A new report today released by the RAND Corporation addresses the costs, benefits and risks associated with commercial development of... Read More

TCS Statement on Colorado Public Awareness Effort on Energy

November 18, 2008 | Energy

Statement by Jill Lancelot, Co-founder/Senior Advisor, regarding Colorado public awareness effort on energy.   Statement by Jill... Read More

Oil and Gas Subsidies: Overview

November 14, 2008 | Energy

Taxpayer subsidies to the oil and gas industry have played a major role in U.S. energy policy since 1916. Two of the largest tax breaks,... Read More

Nuclear Reprocessing

November 01, 2008 | Energy

Nuclear fuel reprocessing is the process of collecting nuclear waste to recover and reuse plutonium and uranium. Despite decades of... Read More

Rum Producers Benefit from Bailout Bill

October 26, 2008 | Budget & Tax

Little noticed beneficiaries of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, commonly known as the $810 billion bailout bill, are... Read More

Top 10 Tax Sweeteners in the Bailout Bill

October 09, 2008 | Budget & Tax

Update: The House has just passed the final version of the 2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, without making any changes to the... Read More

TCS Action Letter to the Senate:  Oppose Subsidies to the Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Industries

September 17, 2008 | Energy

In a letter to each Senator, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action urges the Senate to oppose any effort to provide additional subsidies to... Read More

Sex, Drugs, and and Mismanagement at the Department of the Interior

September 10, 2008 | Energy , Natural Resources

Government officials responsible for the collection of billions of dollars of oil royalties to the federal treasury accepted gifts from... Read More

House Strongly Opposes Funds for Global Nuclear Energy Partnership

July 23, 2008 | Energy

The FY09 House Energy and Water Bill specifically denies funds for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), a large-scale DOE... Read More

Joint Letter to the President on Suspension of Ethanol Tariff

July 01, 2008 | Agriculture

Joint Letter to the President on Suspension of Ethanol Tariff The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States of... Read More

Bipartisan Group of Senators Call for Taxpayer Protections in New Mining Law

April 23, 2008 | Energy

Washington, D.C. – Today Senators Feingold (D-WI), Sununu (R-NH), Cantwell (D-WA), and Gregg (R-NH) led a bi-partisan push for the... Read More

Oppose Blank Check Loan Guarantees in Final Energy Bill

October 31, 2007 | Energy

Dear Senator, We urge you to oppose the inclusion of language in the final energy bill exempting the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan... Read More

Written Testimony Royalties at Risk Hearing before House Natural Resources Committee

March 28, 2007 | Natural Resources

Good morning Chairman Rahall and members of the committee.  Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.  My name is Ryan Alexander... Read More

Green Scissors Michigan Released

In the first single state effort of the national Green Scissors Campaign, TCS and the Michigan Land Use Institute released the Green... Read More

Weekly Wastebasket

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More