Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Senate Committee Passes Energy Financing Entity
July 13, 2011 |
With little debate, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed by voice vote a bill to create the Clean Energy Deployment... 
Ethanol Update: Coalition Applauds Two Important Votes to End Taxpayer-Funded Ethanol Subsidies in t
June 23, 2011 |
WASHINGTON, DC – June 16, 2011 – A broad and diverse coalition that includes business associations, taxpayer advocates, hunger and...
Coalition Letter Supporting Ending Wasteful $6 Billion Annual Ethanol Subsidy
June 12, 2011 |
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a broad and diverse coalition supporting Senators Coburn (R-OK), Feinstein (D-CA), and McCain (R-AZ) and their amendments this week which will end the $6 billion annual, taxpayer-funded subsidies for conventional ethanol which go to Big Oil when they blend ethanol with gasoline. ...
TCS Releases Report on Largest Ethanol Subsidy
June 08, 2011 |
Today Taxpayers for Common Sense released a comprehensive report on the largest subsidy to corn ethanol, the Volumetric Ethanol Excise...
TCS Letter in Opposition to H.R. 1380, the NAT GAS Act
May 03, 2011 |
Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives calling for Congress to oppose H.R. 1380, the New Alternative Transportation to Give American Solutions or NAT GAS Act....
Letter Supporting Bipartisan Effort to Cut Billions in Ethanol Giveaway
May 03, 2011 |
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a broad and diverse coalition applauding Senators Coburn (R-OK) and Feinstein (D-CA) for combining their efforts to end billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded subsidies for conventional ethanol by introducing the bipartisan “Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act.”...
TCS Letter to House Speaker John Boehner Agreeing with his Recent Comments on Oil Subsidies
April 25, 2011 |
Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner, regarding his recent comments that oil companies "ought to be paying their fair share."...
Budget Gimmicks in FY11 Defense Bill
April 14, 2011 |
Washington is abuzz with talk of the deficit-reduction plan President Obama announced Wednesday, mostly along the lines of “wait, what...
Coalition Letter to Congress Calls for an End to Energy Subsidies
March 17, 2011 |
Taxpayers for Common Sense along with a coalition of nearly 30 groups sent a letter to Congress calling for an end to energy...
Broad Coalition Supports Senators Efforts to End VEETC
March 11, 2011 |
Taxpayers for Common Sense alongside a broad and diverse coalition of groups sent a letter supporting the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax...
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