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TCS Applauds the Elimination of the Alaska Bridges to Nowhere

November 16, 2005 | Statements | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

Washington, D.C. – The following is a written statement from Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense: The conferees on... Read More

Bulldozed: How Taxpayers Get Leveled by Highway Pork

Despite the call on Capitol Hill for fiscal belt tightening to deal with record deficits, the House has shown an unprecedented hunger for... Read More

Federal Distress

March 30, 1998 | Our Take | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

When it comes to shipping supplies, the Department of Defense is no Federal Express. DOD loses track of sixty percent of the $5 billion... Read More

Green Scissors Michigan Released

May 11, 1997 | Statements | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations , Natural Resources

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

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Weekly Wastebasket

Our weekly reality-check for federal spending. View All

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