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UPDATE: Senate adds $2.6 billion in earmarks to defense spending bill

September 15, 2010 | Our Take | National Security

(September 16)  In passing its edition of the FY2011 defense spending bill today, the Senate Appropriations Committee didn’t add much to... Read More

Tribute to Beth Daley: A Friendly Watchdog

August 22, 2010 | Statements |

Taxpayers for Common Sense mourns the passing of our friend and colleague Beth Daley, a fierce and dedicated advocate at the Project on... Read More

TCS Statement on SACE FOIA lawsuit against DOE Loan Guarantee Program

August 10, 2010 | Statements | Energy

  Statement by Steve Ellis, Vice President, Taxpayers for Common Sense at Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Tele-Press Conference... Read More

FutureGen: Massive Clean Coal Project Changes Track, Still Securing $1 Billion Earmarked in the Stimulus

August 04, 2010 | Our Take | Earmarks & Appropriations , Energy

Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the plan to build “FutureGen” a massive commercial “clean coal” facility in Mattoon,... Read More

Senate Takes a Step Toward Earmark Transparency

July 27, 2010 | Our Take | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

By an 11-5 vote today the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee passed  S.3335, the Earmark Transparency Act of 2010.... Read More

Letter to Chairman Oberstar: TCS Supports Efforts to Rescind Unused Transportation Earmarks

July 26, 2010 | Letters & Testimony | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

Chairman James Oberstar House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 2165 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC... Read More

Taxpayer Victory—Senate Strips Energy Loan Guarantees from Emergency Spending Bill

July 22, 2010 | Our Take | Energy

Late yesterday the Senate rejected the House passed Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill, which included $18 billion in new loan... Read More

Alaska Adopts Sensible Policy on Transportation Earmarks

Earlier this week, our attention was pointed to a new earmark policy released by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public... Read More

Another Loan Guarantee Putting Taxpayer Dollars at Risk

July 08, 2010 | Our Take | Energy

On Wednesday, AREVA, a French nuclear power conglomerate, accepted a Department of Energy conditional loan guarantee of $2 billion for... Read More

Abandoned Gulf Wells Could Cost Taxpayers

July 07, 2010 | Our Take | Energy

An AP investigation released yesterday found that in the gulf region alone, there are approximately 27,000 abandoned wells lying... Read More

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September 13, 2013

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... Read More