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FAA Reauthorization and the Essential Air Service: When a Cut is Actually an Increase

February 01, 2012 | Our Take | Transportation & Infrastructure

After 23 extensions, Congress is finally on the verge of reauthorizing the nation’s air program for the next four years. This would be... Read More

Counting on Speculative Oil and Gas Revenues to Fund our Transportation Needs is Fiscally Reckless

February 01, 2012 | Our Take | Energy , Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

Counting on Speculative Oil and Gas Revenues to Fund our Transportation Needs is Fiscally Reckless Today the House Natural Resources Committee considered the energy portions of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act (the... Read More

FAA Reauthorization Should Include EAS Reforms

January 31, 2012 | Letters & Testimony | Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to House and Senate conferees before they meet today to negotiate differences between... Read More

Hill Briefing: Don’t Drill and Drive: Weakening the User-Pays Highway Funding Principle Would Endanger Our Nation’s Transportation Infrastructure

January 26, 2012 | Event Summary | Transportation & Infrastructure

TCS Hill Briefing: Don’t Drill and Drive: Weakening the “User-Pays” Highway Funding Principle Would Endanger Our Nation’s Transportation... Read More

Outline of House’s Transportation Reauthorization Revealed

January 24, 2012 | Our Take | Transportation & Infrastructure

An outline of the House majority’s new transportation reauthorization proposal — The American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act — was... Read More

TCS Joins Coalition Against Wasteful Army Corps of Engineer’s Deepening Delaware River Project

January 19, 2012 | Press Releases | Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined the Delaware Riverkeeper and Water Protection Network to compile a report analyzing the wasteful Army... Read More

House Transportation Reauthorization Postponed as Deadline Approaches

December 01, 2011 | Our Take | Transportation & Infrastructure

With the March 31, 2012 expiration of nation’s surface transportation legislation steadily approaching, House leaders informed... Read More

TCS Testifies on Royalties before House Natural Resources Subcommittee

November 18, 2011 | Letters & Testimony | Energy , Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

TCS Testifies on Royalties before House Natural Resources Subcommittee Ms. Ryan Alexander President Taxpayers for Common Sense   Written Testimony submitted to the... Read More

Transportation Reauthorization: Congress Needs to Pay to Pave

November 03, 2011 | Our Take | Transportation & Infrastructure

Both the House and Senate are poised to begin deliberations over different versions of transportation reauthorization legislation. Though... Read More

California’s Rail Project Costs More Than Double

November 02, 2011 | Our Take | Transportation & Infrastructure

According to a business plan released by the California High Speed Rail Authority this week, the costs for a high speed rail connection... 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