Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
With the Senate's 62-36 vote, lawmakers have sent in aggregate more than $60 billion to help those affected by Superstorm Sandy. You can...
January 11, 2012
Dear Representative,
As you know, the House of...
The Senate today passed the final version of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which, though late, will still beat the...
Letters to the editor, June 14
Joshua Sewell • Washington, D.C. Policy Analyst, Taxpayers for Common Sense
It is disappointing to...
The House Appropriations Committee released the final Continuing Resolution (CR) funding the federal government for the rest of the 2011...
By Steve Ellis, CNNMoney guest columnist April 7, 2011: 11:31 AM ET
Earmark reform: The end-arounds have begun -- Steve Ellis is Vice...
With the Senate's begrudging acceptance of an earmark moratorium, taxpayers just achieved a well-earned victory on the road to fiscal...
Today, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-HI) announced a two year moratorium on earmarks. The call comes after...
Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense VP Steve Ellis spoke with NPR regarding ways to get around the earmark ban.
You can listen to the NPR...
Steve Ellis appeared on MSNBC's "The Last Word" program to discuss the earmark moratorium with Lawrence O'Donnell and Congressman Tim...
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Volume XVIII No. 37
Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...
July 11, 2013