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Congress Needs to Clean House

August 29, 2013 | U.S. News & World Report | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

This week at Taxpayers for Common Sense we are taking advantage of the slow pace of Washington while Congress is out of town to do a big,... Read More

A Call for Tax Reform Transparency

August 22, 2013 | Capital Insider | Budget & Tax

For the first time in nearly three decades, Congress is trying a blank slate approach to tax reform. But a big part of the process has been... Read More

Tax Reform Debate Should be Open for All to See

August 20, 2013 | Washington Examiner | Budget & Tax

Nobody questions the necessity of keeping America's most vital national security secrets behind closed doors, whether it be the launch... Read More

National Flood Insurance Program

August 19, 2013 | Washington Journal (CSPAN) | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense Vice President Stephen Ellis discusses the National Flood Insurance Program and how a new law is causing rates to... Read More

Congressional Meddling Floods Over

August 19, 2013 | U.S. News & World Report | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

The National Flood Insurance Program is insolvent. By the end of the year, it will likely owe at least $26 billion to the U.S. Treasury... Read More

Tax chiefs’ training held at luxury resorts

August 12, 2013 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Budget & Tax

Year after year, tax chiefs from across the state pack their suitcases and motor off to some of Georgia's top resorts, courtesy of their... Read More

Five federal secrets that have come out in 2013

August 12, 2013 | GIMBY | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

A generation after the internet appeared on the scene and more than a decade since New York City’s twin towers collapsed due to a terrorist... Read More

Okla. Sen. Inhofe criticizes military budget cuts

August 08, 2013 | Associated Press | Budget & Tax , National Security

OKLAHOMA CITY — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma condemned budget cuts to the nation's armed services Tuesday, telling a group of... Read More

Transportation bill yields a THUD in the House

The Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill -- THUD for short -- is a $44 billion measure. House leaders put it... Read More

Truth-O-Meter: Eric Cantor says the federal deficit is “growing”

August 07, 2013 | PolitiFact | Budget & Tax

During an interview on Fox News Sunday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., took aim at red ink in the federal government. Cantor... 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