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Still Fortifying Against Barge Company Bailouts

June 17, 2010 | Letters & Testimony | Transportation & Infrastructure

The IWTF was created to pay for construction and maintenance on much of the nation’s most used waterways. Funded by a tax on fuel used... Read More

TCS President Ryan Alexander’s Hearing Testimony on The Legality and Efficacy of Line-Item Veto

May 26, 2010 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense President Ryan Alexander testified at the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on the Legality and Efficacy of Line-Item Veto Proposals... Read More

Taxpayers Oppose Barge Company Bailout

May 18, 2010 | Letters & Testimony | Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense recently joined a number of other organizations in opposing attempts to further weaken cost-sharing... Read More

Taxpayers Must Not Carry Water for Bad Projects: Comments on the Draft Principles and Standards for Water Resource Projects

April 14, 2010 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense submitted comments to the Federal Register concerning revisions to how the nation's water resources are... Read More

Ensuring Taxpayer Losses

March 10, 2010 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

TCS Vice President Steve Ellis was invited to testify before a House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee holding a hearing... Read More

TCS Letter in Opposition to Potentially Costly Water Bill

February 04, 2010 | Letters & Testimony | Transportation & Infrastructure

Today the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on  Water and Power held a hearing on H.R. 4225, a bill sponsored by Rep.... Read More

Joint Letter Urging Administration Not to Increase Risky Loan Guarantee Program

January 29, 2010 | Letters & Testimony | Energy

President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC... Read More

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

July 20, 2009 | Letters & Testimony | 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

TCS and NTU to House: Don’t Fund F-22

July 14, 2009 | Letters & Testimony | 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

TCS Letter to Congress: Protect Taxpayers from Risky Reactors

July 13, 2009 | Letters & Testimony | Energy

Today Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to each member of the House and Senate urging them to oppose any legislative actions to... 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