Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
Today, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-HI) announced a two year moratorium on earmarks. The call comes after...
Last week, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced legislation to eliminate an unnecessary giveaway for mining companies that cost...
Taxpayers for Common Sense statement on the 2011 State of the Union address.
For...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates today gave what was billed as one of the longest speeches in his current job, defining the battlefield for...
There have been a lot of questions swirling around the Cut-As-You-Go (CUTGO) provision that the House Republicans included in the rules...
Ethanol funds don't help farmers or the environment
A handful of farm-state senators were once again able to funnel ethanol subsidies...
(Originally Posted 12/13/2010)
The last legislative trains are pulling out of Capitol Hill station and there are a bunch of hobo...
So the "The Moment of Truth" is here. We've been combing through the specifics of the aptly titled final report of the National...
(Update 9/30/2010)
Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense participated in a discussion on whether taxpayers should bear the risks for the...
Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) told a local newspaper this week that she supports a ban on earmarks – but then turned around and said that...
Our weekly reality-check for federal spending. View All
While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...
December 17, 2012
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