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GAO: Border Costs Climbing the Fence

September 09, 2008 | Our Take | National Security

Federal watchdogs confirmed our suspicions today when they revealed that the cost of building a 600+ mile fence along our southern border... Read More

Roadless Rule Struck Down Again

August 12, 2008 | Our Take | Natural Resources

The so-called roadless rule, promulgated in the final days of the Clinton Administration, has once again been struck down by U.S.... Read More

TCS Requests Don Young Campaign Remove Misleading Ads

July 24, 2008 | Press Releases | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

Recently it was brought to our attention that Alaskans for Don Young has been running radio ads claiming that Taxpayers for Common Sense... Read More

Los Alamos’ Insecurity Complex

July 15, 2008 | Our Take | National Security

Though two of the nation’s largest nuclear labs are no doubt sad to see their patron Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) depart Congress, the... Read More

End of a Nuclear Era

July 10, 2008 | Our Take | National Security

Nuclear weapons labs and the Senator who loves them closed a chapter yesterday when the Senate cut funding for a controversial program to... Read More

GAO Finds Funny Fence Numbers at DHS

June 30, 2008 | Our Take | National Security

At last, the Department of Homeland Security has given us some idea of what its border fence is going to cost—and it looks like a... Read More

Highway Trust Fund Being Driven to Bankruptcy

June 22, 2008 | Our Take | Transportation & Infrastructure

Last week, USA Today had a story about how the decline in miles traveled by America’s drivers, largely the result of historically high... Read More

The Gas Tax Holiday:  Good Politics, Bad Policy

April 29, 2008 | Press Releases | Transportation & Infrastructure

With the average price of a gallon of gasoline over $3.601 and diesel well over $4.002, it’s no surprise that political solutions to the... 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