Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
National Flood Insurance Program
August 19, 2013 |
Washington Journal (CSPAN) |
Taxpayers for Common Sense Vice President Stephen Ellis discusses the National Flood Insurance Program and how a new law is causing rates to... 
Congressional Meddling Floods Over
August 19, 2013 |
U.S. News & World Report |
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...
Wal-Mart Air Fleet Gets Taxpayer Support for Controllers
August 14, 2013 |
Bloomberg Businessweek |
U.S. taxpayers are increasingly picking up the tab for the control tower at an airport that’s home to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT:US)’s...
Report Calls For Congressional Reform Of River Management Practices
August 14, 2013 |
St. Louis Public Radio |
A new report by a coalition of conservation and public interest groups representing the Upper Mississippi River basin is calling on Congress...
Study: New river law should emphasize restoration
August 14, 2013 |
Quad-City Times |
A coalition of conservation groups argued Tuesday that a new long-term water resources proposal ought to focus more on restoration of the...
Congress’ Session Ends With a THUD
August 08, 2013 |
U.S. News & World Report |
Several weeks back I predicted that the appropriations season would be a window into Congressional dysfunction. But even accounting for my...
Congress considers clipping rural Montana air service’s wings
August 08, 2013 |
Billings Gazette |
The future of rural Montana air service could be in for a bumpy ride when Congress returns to work next month.
Federally subsidized...
Transportation bill yields a THUD in the House
August 07, 2013 |
Capital Insider |
The Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill -- THUD for short -- is a $44 billion measure. House leaders put it...
Why Do We Subsidize Inter-City Rail When Buses Can Do the Job?
July 31, 2013 |
Bacon's Rebellion |
Liberals love buses — at least when the buses are run by municipally owned enterprises with union workforces and operate at a loss that...
Stem the wealthy’s sweet flood-insurance deal
July 29, 2013 |
The Post and Courier |
Tucked into the Department of Homeland Security spending bill the Senate Appropriations Committee approved recently is a nefarious provision...
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