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Recommendations to the President for Earmark Reform

At Taxpayers for Common Sense, we believe that all funding decisions must be made on the basis of merit, federal priorities and national... Read More

Letter to the President: Pledge to Keep the Stimulus Earmark Free

February 23, 2009 | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

The President The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, On behalf of the millions of members of our respective... Read More

GAO and Bailout banks

January 16, 2009 | Budget & Tax

As part of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) work on offshore tax havens, their most recent report – released today – really... Read More

Earmark Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate

January 08, 2009 | Earmarks & Appropriations

Taxpayers for Common Sense applauds Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) for... Read More

Stimulus Not Needed for Department of Defense

January 06, 2009 | National Security

Of all the industries in line for a handout in this financially frightening time, the defense industry would seem to bring up the rear.... Read More

Congressman Gets Earmark for His Church

January 06, 2009 | Earmarks & Appropriations

Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) appears to have taken the saying “taking care of your flock” to another level. Rush, who is also an... Read More

House, Senate Appropriators Offer Further Earmark Reforms

January 06, 2009 | Earmarks & Appropriations

Today, the House and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman announced new earmark reforms for FY10 spending bills. The new reforms:... Read More

Auto Bailout Draft Legislation

December 08, 2008 | Budget & Tax

TCS has obtained a draft copy of the auto bailout legislation. Read the text here. We just got it and are looking through it, but... Read More

President Approves $5 Billion in Defense Earmarks

October 13, 2008 | National Security

The President today signed the 2009 Defense Authorization bill. While the levels of earmarks are down significantly from previous years,... Read More

Senate Turns Against Earmark Reform

Tonight, the Senate passed the $612.5 billion Fiscal Year 2009 defense authorization bill. Virtually all the amendments to the... 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