What's Happening in Increase Transparency

It’s Been a Busy Summer!

It’s been a busy summer! So far, we’ve been instrumental in exposing corporate subsidies in the farm bill. We gained ground in our...

Left-Right Agree: Disclose Senate Tax Reform Proposals

  August 1, 2013 Dear Senator, American taxpayers deserve to know the priorities of...

It’s Time for Tax Reform Transparency

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Hatch (R-UT) should be commended for their ‘Blank Slate’ approach to...

Make Tax Reform Proposals Public

Today, TCS joined 29 other diverse organizations in a letter urging transparency within the tax reform debate....

Letter to Senate: Support Common Sense Amendments to Transportation/HUD Appropriations Bill

Propsals would cut wasteful spending and increase transparency....

Fiscal Conservatives Urge Open Rule for Defense Spending Bill

  July 22, 2013 Dear Speaker Boehner, We understand that the House of...

Important Cuts Fail & Wasteful Subsidies Hang On in House Energy & Water Bill

Late Wednesday night the House wrapped up debate on the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2014. Several...

USEC Avoids NYSE Delisting—For Now

Shareholders of the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) have approved a reverse stock split (artificially raising the share price...

Baucus and Hatch Propose Blank Slate Tax Reform

Today, Senate Finance Chairman Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Hatch (R-UT) sent a letter to their colleagues proposing “blank slate”...

Fiscal Conservative Organizations Outraged at Farm Bill Process

Today, TCS joined other fiscal conservative organizations expressing outrage at the farm bill process. ...

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...