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TCS VP Steve Ellis on NPR: How To Get Around The Ban On Earmarks

December 28, 2010 | Earmarks & Appropriations

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... Read More

TCS VP Steve Ellis on MSNBC’s The Last Word discussing the Earmark Moratorium

December 23, 2010 | Earmarks & Appropriations

Steve Ellis appeared on MSNBC's "The Last Word" program to discuss the earmark moratorium with Lawrence O'Donnell and Congressman Tim... Read More

TCS mentioned by media outlets after TCS found 6,700 earmarks worth $8.3 billion in the Omnibus bill

December 20, 2010 |

Senate Democrats unveiled a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill yesterday.  The bill is over 1,900 pages in length.  Taxpayers for Common... Read More

Sen. McCain mentions TCS work on the Earmarks Request Database on the Senate Floor

December 14, 2010 |

Dec. 14, 2010 Taxpayers for Common Sense was mentioned by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) on the Senate floor today about our work on the... Read More

A Transportation Earmark is Still an Earmark

Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) told a local newspaper this week that she supports a ban on earmarks – but then turned around and said that... Read More

TCS & Earmark Reforms Mentioned by Sen. James Inhofe on Senate Floor

November 16, 2010 | Earmarks & Appropriations

Yesterday, while speaking on the Senate floor, Sen. Inhofe (R-OK) highlighted the earmark reforms that TCS developed with other... Read More

TCS VP Steve Ellis discusses The Future of Earmark Transparency on Capitol Hill

November 15, 2010 | Earmarks & Appropriations

Yesterday, the Advisory Committee on Transparency hosted “the Future of Earmark Transparency” on Capitol Hill. The Advisory Committee... Read More

Good Government Groups & Lobbyists Hold a Briefing on The Future of Earmarks

October 20, 2010 |

Yesterday, Taxpayers for Common Sense Vice President Steve Ellis held a briefing alongside Melanie Sloan, Executive Director, Citizens... Read More

Press Briefing: Nonpartisan Coalition of Lobbyists and Advocates to Announce Commonsense Earmark Ref

September 29, 2010 |

 Date: Monday, September 27, 2010 CAGW Leslie K. Paige 202-467-5334 lpaige@cagw.org TCS: Steve Ellis 202-546-8500... Read More

Earmark Lobbyist Pleads Guilty; Lobby Shop’s Earmarks Detailed

September 24, 2010 (Update) Former high-powered PMA lobbyist Paul Magliocchetti has pleaded guilty to an illegal contribution scheme in... Read More

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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