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Washington Post Slams Charlottesville Bypass

Over the weekend, Washington Post columnist Robert McCartney published a piece about the ridiculous proposal to build the Charlottesville...

Letter to House: Support Common Sense Amendments to FY14 NDAA

These amendments would help bring the total level of spending in line with what is already agreed to in current law....

Fiscal Watchdogs Oppose Farm Bill Gutting Flood Insurance Reform

Sen. Landrieu (D-LA) has offered an amendment to the farm bill that would delay National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) reforms adopted last summer. ...

Support McCain-Flake Amendment No. 955

    Support McCain-Flake Amendment No. 955 May 23, 2013 The...

2013 House and Senate Farm Bills Stack on More Subsidies

As we expected, the House and Senate Agriculture Committees went to great lengths this week to save as little money as possible in their...

Water Waste: Cut Costly Provisions from Water Resources Development Act

The Senate WRDA bill is too costly to stand....

Costly Water Projects Bill Demands Scrutiny

Taxpayers for Common Sense and eight other organizations allied on this issue urge scrutiny of S.601, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013...

Essential Air Service: Illustrating Coming Changes to the Program

The Essential Air Service (EAS) is a federal subsidy program created in the 1970s as part of airline deregulation. Though the program was...

Hagel Grabs the Axe

There was never any question that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel would have to wield the budget axe—simple fiscal and political math...

It’s Budget Season…Play Ball!

Dear Taxpayer, Classic inside baseball. Above is just one nugget Taxpayers for Common Sense came across while reading page 237 of...

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...