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Problems with DOE Loan Guarantee Program Continue

March 21, 2012 | Energy

Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report in a series of on-going analyses criticizing the Department of... Read More

Senate Defeats Attempt to Attach NAT GAS Act to Transportation Bill

March 12, 2012 | Energy

Today the Senate defeated an amendment offered by Senators Menendez (D-NJ) and Burr (R-NC) that would have provided billions in lucrative... Read More

House Transportation Bill: The Current State of Play

February 15, 2012 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Despite initial plans to move ahead with debate and of a transportation bill, political reality set in late yesterday and today for House... Read More

President funds transportation with irresponsible ‘Peace Dividend’

The administration's FY 2013 Presidential Budget Request proposes a $476 billion six-year reauthorization bill. This is much higher... Read More

TCS Analysis of the FY13 Presidential Budget Request

Last Updated: February 19, 2012 The FY2013 Presidential Budget Request was released this morning (2/13/2012). TCS staff will be posting... Read More

New Nuclear Reactors Must Move Forward Without Passing Risk to Taxpayers

February 09, 2012 | Energy

For the first time in decades, a new nuclear reactor is getting its federal license to build and operate in the United States. Today, the... Read More

FutureGen Behind Schedule: What’s Happening to Taxpayers’ Billion Dollars?

February 09, 2012 | Energy

Despite a billion dollar taxpayer investment and years of commitment by the Department of Energy (DOE), in a United States Energy... Read More

TCS’s Reaction to the House’s Most Recent Transportation Bill

February 08, 2012 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense today released the following in reaction to the House’s most recent transportation bill: The House today... Read More

Senate Transportation Bill: Driving in the Wrong Direction

February 08, 2012 | Transportation & Infrastructure

Senate leadership is busy patting themselves on the back in the wake of Senate Finance Committee approval of a slate of “pay-fors” to... Read More

Speaker’s “Drilling for Transportation Dollars” Proposal: A Dead End for Taxpayers

February 01, 2012 | Transportation & Infrastructure

[Updated 2/1/2012] The Natural Resources Committee today passed three energy-related bills today, and the royalties that would result... 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