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UPDATE: Gates Shifts Defense Dollars

January 06, 2011 | Our Take | National Security

Defense Secretary Robert Gates today gave what was billed as one of the longest speeches in his current job, defining the battlefield for... Read More

TCS President Ryan Alexander Statement on the Defense Cuts Announced by Sec. Robert Gates

January 06, 2011 | Press Releases | National Security

Please find below a statement from Ms. Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense on the defense cuts announced today by... Read More

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

January 02, 2011 | Press Releases | 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 | Press Releases | 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 | Our Take | 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 | Our Take | 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 | Our Take | 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 | Our Take | 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 | Our Take | 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 | Our Take | 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

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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