Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Yesterday, TCS joined 12 other diverse organizations in a letter supporting a comprehensive review of the federal biofuels mandate....
Last Thursday, Moody’s Investor Service released a new credit report finding that Georgia Power Company’s (subsidiary of The Southern...
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced last week it would offer an expanded, second solicitation for advanced fossil energy loan...
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...
Today, TCS sent a letter urging the House to support common sense amendments to rein in the trillion dollar farm bill. ...
June 13, 2013
Dear Representative:
We, the leaders of our undersigned...
The Farm Bill IS NOT a Deficit Reduction Bill
The last two farm bills cost $400 billion more than predicted
Most of this...
Taxpayers for Common Sense was invited today to present on federal taxpayer subsidies and liabilities surrounding small modular nuclear...
The Department of Energy (DOE) and Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) announced yesterday that a subsidiary of B&W—B&W mPower, LLC—will...
The House Ways and Means Committee created eleven tax reform working groups to focus on select issues within the U.S. tax code as part of...
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April 10, 2013
CONTACTS:
Steve Ellis, (202) 546-8500 x126, or...
Today, a bipartisan set of Representatives introduced a bill to take long overdue steps toward reforming the broken Renewable Fuel...
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced yesterday a second funding opportunity for its Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Program. The new...
Anyone familiar with a few fairy tales knows it’s not a good idea to let a fox guard a henhouse. But that’s just what the federal...
Today we present the Golden Fleece Award to the Department of Energy for providing federal subsidies for small modular reactors or SMRs. ...
TCS awarded the Golden Fleece to DOE for wasting taxpayer funds on small modular reactors....
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced the approval of Phase II for the $1.65 billion experimental FutureGen 2.0 Project located in...
Oil and gas companies continue to boast substantial profits while reaping billions in taxpayer-backed subsidies. As of February 1st, four...
January 11, 2012
Dear Representative,
As you know, the House of...
As we predicted, all the hype about the “dairy cliff” hitting consumers with sky-high milk prices was nothing but a hoax....
Washington’s last minute deal to avert the fiscal cliff saw the return of many never-ending “temporary” tax breaks. While the bulk of the...
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...
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined several groups in urging Congress to support H.R. 6098, "Crop Insurance Subsidy Reform...
Left-Right coalition identifies practical steps Congress could take to slash deficits, save natural resources....
In yet another attempt to revive the struggling United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), the Department of Energy (DOE) has offered...
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Tim Johnson (D-SD) today introduced legislation that is important in efforts to focus federal...
It appears the oil and gas industry is looking to continue its decade long trend of record profits. As of February 2nd, Chevron, Exxon...
The Blue Dog Research Forum's "Point and Counterpoint" Edition asked the question: Should We End Tax Benefits to the Oil and Gas...
WASHINGTON, D.C.///June 1, 2011///With Congress poised to move forward on more taxpayer-backed loan guarantees for nuclear, wind, solar,...
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. ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) released “Subsidy Gusher: Taxpayers Stuck with Massive Subsidies while Oil and...
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....
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.”...
Statement by TCS President Ms. Ryan Alexander on the announcement the Defense Department issued a stop-work order on the Joint Strike Fighter alternate engine program....
On March 3, 2011 Taxpayers for Common Sense President Ryan Alexander testified at a House Committee on Oversight and Government reform...
Senate Energy Committee’s Hearing on the President’s
FY2012 Budget Request
Earlier this week the President released his budget request...
The House of Representatives is debating a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government for the rest of fiscal year 2011 (through...
We all know that lawmakers are allowed the occasional stretching of the truth, but at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources...
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...
Today the House Committee on Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee was scheduled to hold the first mark-up on a Fiscal Year...
The IWTF was created to pay for construction and maintenance on much of the nation’s most used waterways. Funded by a tax on fuel used...
Today, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) filed an amendment, 4318, to so-called tax extenders legislation that would repeal $35 billion...
Yesterday at a Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Energy Secretary Chu said an additional $9 BILLION in...
Today Taxpayers for Common Sense joined together with representatives from the Grocery Manufacturers Association, American Meat...
In early March, the Senate Energy Natural Resources (ENR) Committee met to hear testimony from Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary...
Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program to provide loan guarantees...
Today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a detailed report documenting taxpayer costs for cleaning up oil and gas wells...
The President’s FY2011 budget proposal triples funding to the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program. This includes $36 billion in...
***Updated February 15, 2010***
The Department of Energy announced in December 2009 that they would soon issue Treasury-backed loan...
Taxpayers will likely lose at least $19 billion to oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico.
Exxon Mobil likes breaking records. In 2007, it posted the biggest annual profit number reported by any American company ever — $40.6...
Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee narrowly passed an amendment to repeal the outer continental shelf deep water and...
The President’s budget highlights, released last week, took the ax to major subsidies to the oil and gas industry. Through the...
TCS explained today the basics of the Department of Energy's loan guarantees program at an Institute for Energy and Environmental...
Both the House and Senate included increase for clean coal technologies in their stimulus bills. The House provided $2.4 billion for...
One of the concerns Taxpayers for Common Sense and others have raised about the bailout funds is that the beneficiaries weren’t being...
A new report today released by the RAND Corporation addresses the costs, benefits and risks associated with commercial development of...
It’s been about two months since the U.S. Treasury Department implemented its Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). With nearly half of...
Statement by Jill Lancelot, Co-founder/Senior Advisor, regarding Colorado public awareness effort on energy.
Statement by Jill...
As was the case for much of the last decade, profits for major oil and gas companies continue to skyrocket. Exxon brought in over $14...
With the economy on the ropes, hundreds of thousands of Americans losing their jobs, and a national debt over $10 trillion, it is time...
Update:
The House has just passed the final version of the 2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, without making any changes to the...
May 7, 2008
The Honorable George W. Bush
President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,...
While the Pentagon is investigating why Boeing spent its own money to keep the operations line for its C-17 aircraft open, the company...
February 28, 2008
The Honorable George W. Bush
President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave...
Below is a February 2008 letter to House Speaker and Minority Leader, and Agriculture Committee chairman and ranking member. The letter,...
February 6, 2008
May 14, 2007
Dear Chairman Peterson and Ranking Member Goodlatte:
During reauthorization of the...
February 8, 2007
Dear Member of Congress:
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action, a...
May 26, 2006
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we urge you to...
May 23, 2006
Dear Representative:
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action urges you to support...
Dear Representative,
Taxpayers for Common Sense urges you to support...
“Now, we don’t think oil companies need tax incentives or subsidies to drill for oil at $70 a barrel, or for that matter at $25.” Wall...
April 12, 2005
Dear Representative,
We urge you to support the amendments by...
July 20, 2004
The Honorable Jeff Flake
United States House of Representatives
424 Cannon House...
The following is a written statement by Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense on the Senate decision to move forward...
Washington, D.C. - The Senate decision today to approve the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) that will increase the use of ethanol to 5...
Billions for Big Business in House Energy Plan
Washington, D.C. - An energy bill about to be...
Washington, D.C. - As early as late February, Senator Frank Murkowski (R-AK) is expected to introduce an energy bill that will direct...
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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