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Ryan Alexander testified before House Oversight and Government Reform Committee...
The federal government does not know the value of hardrock minerals being extracted from public lands, a new report by the Government...
The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a hearing November 30th to discuss the development...
Last month, Representative Ralph Hall (R-TX) introduced a bill (H.R. 6603) to create $50 million in new taxpayer-funded handouts for oil shale speculation....
With fiscal cliff looming, TCS calls for end to government handouts for failed oil shale experiments....
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Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) Vice-President Steve Ellis testified about federal subsidies for western water contractors and...
Yesterday the House of Representatives cut $25 million in new funding for oil shale development. Instead of directing more subsidies at...
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The FY2013 Presidential Budget Request was released this morning (2/13/2012). TCS staff will be posting...
Over the years the coal industry has received billions in federal subsidies, in a variety of forms including direct grants, loan...
Today the House Natural Resources Committee considered the energy portions of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act (the...
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined the Delaware Riverkeeper and Water Protection Network to compile a report analyzing the wasteful Army...
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President Taxpayers for Common Sense Written Testimony submitted to the United States House of...
Taxpayers for Common Sense submitted comments to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue concerning Federal Oil and Gas Valuation....
The House Appropriations Committee released the final Continuing Resolution (CR) funding the federal government for the rest of the 2011...
Last week, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced legislation to eliminate an unnecessary giveaway for mining companies that cost...
The Co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform gave their proposals to fellow Commission members today....
Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense participated in a discussion on "Making Environmental and Fiscal Responsibility a Priority."
TCS was...
Energy Legislation and Clean Energy Development
The House of Representatives took another step closer to considering energy legislation...
On Wednesday June 14, The House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to debate and vote on the Consolidated Land, Energy, and...
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the schedule of rental fees it will charge for development of solar generation...
Today, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) filed an amendment, 4318, to so-called tax extenders legislation that would repeal $35 billion...
In its latest of many critical reviews, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) this week issued a report criticizing the Department...
Today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a detailed report documenting taxpayer costs for cleaning up oil and gas wells...
Taxpayers will likely lose at least $19 billion to oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico.
Oil and Gas companies have skirted millions of dollars in payments owed to the federal government for the extraction of natural gas from...
This morning, Interior Secretary Salazar announced that he will end the mismanaged and wasteful Minerals Management Service’s (MMS)...
A recent GAO report found that there are at least 161,000 abandoned mines in western states. The research, conducted in the states of...
Taxpayers for Common Sense applauds Senators Feingold (D-WI), Cantwell (D-WA), and Feinstein (D- CA) for introducing the Elimination of...
This week TCS released a letter to Congress supporting the Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2009 ....
This week TCS released a letter to Congress supporting the Salmon Solutions and Planning Act. The legislation was introduced by...
The GAO has just released a lengthy report on the questionable land exchange process. TCS has frequently pointed out how the process is...
Congressman Rahall has introduced legislation, H.R. 699 to reform the law that governs the mining of gold, silver, copper, uranium and...
A report released today by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concludes that the Minerals Management Service (MMS) is at risk of...
Government officials responsible for the collection of billions of dollars of oil royalties to the federal treasury accepted gifts from...
The so-called roadless rule, promulgated in the final days of the Clinton Administration, has once again been struck down by U.S....
Fair Compensation for Taxpayers
For more than eight decades the coal, oil, and natural gas industries have all paid royalties for the...
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Under the General Mining Law of 1872, mining companies pay no royalties to the federal government for hardrock minerals...
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) was indicted in federal court on Feb. 22, 2008, on 35 counts including official extortion and money laundering....
Good morning Chairman Rahall and members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Ryan Alexander...
“Now, we don’t think oil companies need tax incentives or subsidies to drill for oil at $70 a barrel, or for that matter at $25.” Wall...
In the first single state effort of the national Green Scissors Campaign, TCS and the Michigan Land Use Institute released the Green...
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While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...
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