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Report: Foxes Guarding U.S. Nuclear Henhouse

February 27, 2013 | Our Take | National Security

Report: Foxes Guarding U.S. Nuclear Henhouse Anyone familiar with a few fairy tales knows it’s not a good idea to let a fox guard a henhouse. But that’s just what the federal... Read More

An Open Letter to President Obama and the Congress: Spend Less, and Spend Smarter at the Pentagon

February 27, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | National Security

An Open Letter to President Obama and the Congress: Spend Less, and Spend Smarter at the Pentagon TCS joined groups from across the political spectrum telling the President and Congress that the Pentagon’s budget must be right-sized.... Read More

Military Brass Play a Fiscal Requiem for Defense

February 15, 2013 | Our Take | National Security

Military Brass Play a Fiscal  Requiem for Defense Capitol Hill’s hearing rooms again witnessed a vale of tears this week as the Armed Services Committees of both the House and Senate... Read More

Step Outside the MOX

February 06, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | National Security

Step Outside the MOX The Project On Government Oversight and Taxpayers for Common Sense are encouraged by reports of waning support for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX) at the Savannah River Site... Read More

Defense Savings Strengthen Our Economic Security

February 06, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax , National Security

Defense Savings Strengthen Our Economic Security February 6, 2013 Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of the undersigned organizations and... Read More

TCS Testifies before House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

February 05, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Agriculture , Budget & Tax , Energy , National Security , Natural Resources

TCS Testifies before House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ryan Alexander testified before House Oversight and Government Reform Committee... Read More

Defense Authorization Bill: More Money, Less Savings

December 21, 2012 | Our Take | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

Defense Authorization Bill: More Money, Less Savings The Senate today passed the final version of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which, though late, will still beat the... Read More

TCS Cited in Bipartisan Congressional Letter on Defense Savings

December 10, 2012 | Letters & Testimony | National Security

TCS Cited in Bipartisan Congressional Letter on Defense Savings A group of eleven Democratic and eleven Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to President Obama and... Read More

TCS Supports Extending Whistleblower Protections

November 30, 2012 | Letters & Testimony | National Security

TCS Supports Extending Whistleblower Protections November 28, 2012 An Open Letter to the Senate in Support of More Protections for Taxpayer Dollars Dear Senator: We the undersigned... Read More

Preserve NNSA Cost Controls in Defense Authorization Bill

November 28, 2012 | Letters & Testimony | National Security

Preserve NNSA Cost Controls in Defense Authorization Bill Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees today asking members to protect cost-controlling language for nuclear weapons in the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). ... 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