Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
TCS & Earmark Reforms Mentioned by Sen. James Inhofe on Senate Floor
November 16, 2010 |
Yesterday, while speaking on the Senate floor, Sen. Inhofe (R-OK) highlighted the earmark reforms that TCS developed with other... 
TCS VP Steve Ellis discusses The Future of Earmark Transparency on Capitol Hill
November 15, 2010 |
Yesterday, the Advisory Committee on Transparency hosted “the Future of Earmark Transparency” on Capitol Hill.
The Advisory Committee...
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...
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...
Earmark Lobbyist Pleads Guilty; Lobby Shop’s Earmarks Detailed
September 24, 2010 |
September 24, 2010 (Update)
Former high-powered PMA lobbyist Paul Magliocchetti has pleaded guilty to an illegal contribution scheme in...
UPDATE: Senate adds $2.6 billion in earmarks to defense spending bill
September 15, 2010 |
(September 16) In passing its edition of the FY2011 defense spending bill today, the Senate Appropriations Committee didn’t add much to...
Senate Takes a Step Toward Earmark Transparency
July 27, 2010 |
By an 11-5 vote today the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee passed S.3335, the Earmark Transparency Act of 2010....
Letter to Chairman Oberstar: TCS Supports Efforts to Rescind Unused Transportation Earmarks
July 26, 2010 |
Chairman James Oberstar
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
2165 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC...
Alaska Adopts Sensible Policy on Transportation Earmarks
July 15, 2010 |
Earlier this week, our attention was pointed to a new earmark policy released by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public...
Still Fortifying Against Barge Company Bailouts
June 17, 2010 |
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...
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