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Taxpayers for Common Sense Releases Cliff Roadmap

December 06, 2012 | National Journal | Budget & Tax

The nonpartisan watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense chimed into the chorus surrounding the fiscal cliff Wednesday, releasing its own... Read More

Politico Morning Defense 11/28/2012

November 28, 2012 | Politico | Budget & Tax , National Security

IS TODAY THE DAY FOR THE NDAA? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday he plans to bring the defense authorization bill to the... Read More

White House: Consumer Spending Will Decline Unless Congress Averts Fiscal Cliff

November 27, 2012 | Voice of America | Budget & Tax

It was a blockbuster weekend for retailers, as Americans took advantage of big discounts to ring in the holiday shopping season.  But you... Read More

Columbia River Crossing Bridge knocked by taxpayer group

November 27, 2012 | Oregon Business Report | Budget & Tax , Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

The watchdog taxpayer group, Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS), has included the Columbia River Crossing Bridge in its list of what it terms... Read More

Solution to Fiscal Cliff Should Include Senator Coburn’s $68 Billion in Pentagon Spending Cuts

November 16, 2012 | Before It's News | Budget & Tax , National Security

By Christopher Preble The fiscal cliff is looming and Washington is scrambling to reach a deal to avoid a Thelma and Louise ending in... Read More

Obama Administration Spent $180,000 on “Official Portraits” This Year

November 15, 2012 | FrontPageMag.com | Budget & Tax

Because what would the nation do without an official portrait of EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson at a bargain basement $40,000. And it is... Read More

Op-Ed: Saks, Ellis: Sandy a Reminder of Need for National Mitigation Strategy

November 13, 2012 | Roll Call | Budget & Tax

Communities across the country are recovering after the wrath of Hurricane Sandy and, once again, tens of millions of taxpayer dollars will... Read More

Joint Op-Ed: Pass a fiscally responsible Farm Bill extension

November 08, 2012 | The Hill | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Written By: Steve Ellis, Taxpayers for Common Sense and Scott Faber, Environmental Working Group It’s too late for Congress to pass a... Read More

After Sandy: Reassessing the Nation’s Flood Fund

November 06, 2012 | CQ Weekly | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

By Jennifer Scholtes, CQ Staff Until a week ago, it looked as if Congress had acted in the nick of time this summer to save the... Read More

Sandy might turn the tide for embattled beach-building program

November 06, 2012 | E&E Publishing | Budget & Tax

Written By: Annie Snider If a storm that reportedly killed more than 100 people in 10 states and caused untold billions in damage can... 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