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House Opportunity to Shoot Down Funding for Defense Contractor Raided by FBI

There are several amendments on the House Defense spending bill that is on the floor this morning. In addition to the important earmark... Read More

Contracts for Synthetic Fuels not Included in Senate Defense Bill

July 23, 2009 | Energy

Late last night the Senate completed their work on the Defense Authorization bill, S. 1390.  The bill passed with an overwhelming... Read More

TCS Statement on the Senate’s F-22 Cut

July 23, 2009 | Budget & Tax , National Security

The following is a statement by Taxpayers for Common Sense President Ryan Alexander on the 58-40 Senate vote to eliminate additional... Read More

TCS Urges Senate to Oppose Amendments for Costly Synthetic Fuels

July 22, 2009 | Energy

This week the Senate is considering the Defense Authorization bill, S. 1390. Several Senators have offered amendments regarding the use of... Read More

Hearing on Alaska Native Corporations Probes Wasteful Spending

July 21, 2009 | National Security

A July 16 hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight on federal procurement... Read More

UPDATE: Senate Strips F-22s From Defense Authorization Bill

July 20, 2009 | National Security

(July 21) The Senate today took a small step for Pentagon reform and a giant step for fiscal sanity when it voted 58-40 to approve the... Read More

House Appropriators Reject Weapons Cuts

July 15, 2009 | National Security

The House Defense Appropriations Subcommitte today set the tone for the upcoming debate over Congresses’ biggest spending bill. Following... Read More

TCS Holds Congressional Briefing on Defense Spending

July 14, 2009 | National Security

Taxpayers for Common Sense sponsored a briefing for House of Representatives members and staffers Wednesday, July 15, titled Defense... Read More

TCS and NTU to House: Don’t Fund F-22

July 14, 2009 | National Security

Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense and the National Taxpayers Union sent a joint letter to all members of the House of Representatives... Read More

Oversight and Government Reform Hearing on the V-22 Osprey

June 25, 2009 | National Security

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing Tuesday on the future of the V-22 Osprey, an aircraft with a... 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