'What's New at TCS'

Welcome to 'What's New at TCS,' where you can find out what TCS has been up to recently. This section includes our letters to Congress, report releases, and our newsletter on government waste, the Wastebasket. Click Here for a 'What's New at TCS' Archive May 2008 May 14, 2008 -- TCS Statement on House Passage of Farm Bill Conference Report (html) May 13, 2008 -- Taxpayer Letter to Congress: Oppose Farm Bill Conference Report (html) May 9, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 19: Congress Needs to Take on Cost Overruns (html) May 7, 2008 -- Taxpayer Letter to the Senate: Oppose Harmful Amendments to S. 2284 (html) May 7, 2008 -- Taxpayer Letter to the Speaker: Make the Supplemental Spending Bill Transparent (html) May 7, 2008 -- Taxpayer Letter to the President: Veto the Farm Bill (html) May 2, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 18: The Farm Subsidy Derby (html) April 2008 April 30, 2008 -- Letter to the House: Minimize Farm Bill Harm (html | pdf) April 30, 2008 -- The Gas Tax Holiday: Good Politics, Bad Policy (html | pdf) April 28, 2008 -- TCS Testimony: Financial Implications of Border Security Strategies (html | pdf) April 25, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 17: Political Promises (html) April 23, 2008 -- Bi-Partisan Group of Senators Call for Taxpayer Protections in New Mining Law (html | pdf) April 18, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 16: Earmark From Nowhere (html) April 17, 2008 -- TCS Statement on Senate Amendment to the Technical Corrections Bill (html) April 15, 2008 -- TCS Letter to the Senate: Support Coburn Coconut Road Amendment (html | pdf) April 11, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 15: Overstaying Its Welcome (html) April 10, 2008 -- TCS National Security Spending Update: More Money, More Problems (html) April 10, 2008 -- Air Force States That Earmarks Can Make Our “Force Less Capable" (html) April 3, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 14: Stranger than Fiction (html) March 2008 March 28, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 13: A Shot in the Dark (html) March 26, 2008 -- Mining Industry Receives Special Tax Treatment (html | pdf) March 21, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 12: Rewarding Failure (html) March 13, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 11: Stop Legislative Land Exchanges (html) March 12, 2008 -- Hardrock Mining Royalty-Fair to Taxpayers, Fair to Industry (html | pdf) March 6, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 10: Caving on Farm Bill Reform (html) March 4, 2008 -- Bush Administration Releases Proposal for Farm Bill Compromise (html) February 2008 February 29, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 9: Shooting the Moon (html) February 28, 2008 -- Taxpayer Letter to the President and Congressional Leadership: Veto an Unreformed Farm Bill (html | pdf) February 25, 2008 -- Members of Congress Urge Federal Government to Base Salmon Plan on Sound Science and Economics (pdf) February 22, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 8: A Missed Opportunity (html) February 15, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 7: Practicing What You Preach (html) February 14, 2008 -- TCS Releases Complete Database of FY2008 Earmarks (database | press release ) February 8, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 6: Same Old Song and Dance (html) February 6, 2008 -- Coalition Letter to New Agriculture Secretary Edward Schafer (pdf) February 4, 2008 -- TCS Statement on the President's FY2009 Budget (html) Bush Administration Budget Breakdown (Updated Feb. 12) (html) January 2008 January 31, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 5: War Spending Games (html) January 28, 2008 -- Earmark Reforms in State of the Union (html) January 24, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 4: First Do No Harm (html) January 24, 2008 -- TCS Congressional Testimony About Reform of 1872 Mining Law (html | pdf) January 18, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 3: Losing Ground on Earmarks (html) January 11, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 2: Border Boondoggle (html) January 4, 2008 -- Wastebasket Vol. XIII No. 1: Resolutions for a Fiscally Responsible Congress (html)

Taxpayers for Common Sense is a non-partisan budget watchdog that serves as an independent voice for American taxpayers.  Now in its second decade of service to the nation, TCS seeks to ensure that our government spends taxpayer money efficiently and responsibly by working to eliminate wasteful and harmful federal spending.