What's Happening in Increase Transparency

Letter to House Rules Committee: Allow Open Debate on Farm Bill

Today, TCS urged the House Rules Committee to allow a full and open debate on the farm bill....

USEC’s Paducah Uranium Enrichment Facility Closing

The United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) announced Friday it will shut down its Paducah gaseous diffusion plant, a Cold War-era...

Letter to Senate: Oppose Bloated Farm Bill

Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to the Senate, urging support for common sense reforms to the 2013 farm bill....

New Report Casts Further Doubt on Troubled FutureGen Project

A recent report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) questions whether or not the nearly decade long, $1.65 billion FutureGen...

First Award for Small Modular Reactor Program Announced

The Department of Energy (DOE) and Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) announced yesterday that a subsidiary of B&W—B&W mPower, LLC—will...

White House Budget Proposes Spending More On Small Modular Reactors, Winner of 2013 “Golden Fleece Award”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2013 CONTACTS: Steve Ellis, (202) 546-8500 x126, or...

TCS Analysis of the FY14 Presidential Budget Request

Taxpayers for Common Sense staff will be combing through the budget over the next several hours and days and bringing to light various...

Interior punts decision to determine royalty rate on risky oil shale speculation

TCS released a statement on the Interior Department's proposed rule making on oil shale development...

Joint Letter to the Senate: Support Crop Insurance Transparency

Taxpayers for Common Sense and eight other fiscal conservative organizations urge support for a crop insurance transparency amendment. ...

$15 Billion in Taxpayer-Backed Loan Guarantees Likely to Go Out the Door from Flawed DOE Program

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released their annual analysis of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Guarantee...

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...