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TCS President Ryan Alexander Op-Ed: The Appropriations Pork Machine (The New York Times)

January 02, 2011 | Budget & Tax

Ryan Alexander is president of Taxpayers for Common Sense. The early indicators of what to expect from the 112th Congress in terms of... Read More

Diverse Coalition Calls for Congress to End the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC)

November 29, 2010 | Energy

Taxpayers for Common Sense, together with a diverse coalition of 58 groups, sent a letter to congressional leaders today urging them to... Read More

President Pumps up Nuke Budget Again

November 18, 2010 | National Security

The White House released a plan yesterday to pump up their investment in the United States’ nuclear weapons complex by another $4.1... Read More

As the Armed Services Committee Turns

November 03, 2010 | National Security

Now that the final ballots have come in, it’s time to assess the impact the midterms will have on the Congressional committees that... Read More

GAO Report Slams DHS Management of SBInet Contractor

October 18, 2010 | National Security

  The Department of Homeland Security did not effectively manage or oversee the prime contractor on its over-budget, behind-schedule... Read More

VA Senators Author Amendment to Stop JFCOM Closure

September 27, 2010 | National Security

Democratic Virginia Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner said today they will introduce an amendment to the FY2012 defense authorization... Read More

Gates Mandates Affordability in Defense Spending

September 14, 2010 | National Security

 Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday unveiled details of his effort to overhaul procurement processes, just ahead of Senate markups... Read More

New Report Urges Comprehensive Security Spending

August 11, 2010 | National Security

A bipartisan group of national security experts including Taxpayers for Common Sense today released a report calling for a budget that... Read More

TCS on Gates Defense Reforms: One Small Step Forward

August 10, 2010 | National Security

Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ new belt-tightening initiatives at the Department of Defense are a positive step forward. But much more... Read More

FutureGen: Massive Clean Coal Project Changes Track, Still Securing $1 Billion Earmarked in the Stimulus

August 04, 2010 | Earmarks & Appropriations , Energy

Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the plan to build “FutureGen” a massive commercial “clean coal” facility in Mattoon,... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More