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Agriculture

Weekly Wastebasket
A Better Farm Bill – (Taxpayers’ Version)
Apr 26, 2024 | 6 min read

Our Take
Farm Bill Panel – Midwest Voices
Apr 10, 2024 | 2 min read
In the News
GOP senators propose subsidy boost for buy-up crop insurance
Apr 10, 2024 | 50 sec read
Report
TCS and AEI Report on the USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation Slush Fund
Apr 2, 2024 | 1 min read
Our Take
What Farmers Think About the Farm Bill
Mar 20, 2024 | 10 min read

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Budget & Tax

Weekly Wastebasket
2017 Tax Cuts Expire Next Year
May 3, 2024 | 8 min read

Our Take
Six Months Later, Congress Passes Supplemental Spending Bill
Apr 24, 2024 | 3 min read
Letter
TCS Sends Letter to Senators Peters and Romney in support of the Government Spending Oversight Act of 2024
Apr 23, 2024 | 23 sec read
Analysis
Modernizing Federal Highway Funding: State Formulas Need to Catch Up
Apr 17, 2024 | 9 min read
Our Take
IRS Austerity Hurts Taxpayers, Helps Tax Avoiders
Apr 11, 2024 | 6 min read

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Climate

Weekly Wastebasket
Earth Day Reminds Us We Need to be Smart on Climate
Apr 19, 2024 | 7 min read

Weekly Wastebasket
Blazing a Trail to Fiscal Responsibility
Apr 12, 2024 | 7 min read
In The News
Biden Administration Raises Costs to Drill and Mine on Public Lands
Apr 12, 2024 | 9 min read
In The News
Biden hikes cost of drilling on federal lands as Trump courts oil donors
Apr 12, 2024 | 9 min read
In the News
Warren, Casten, Escobar, 23 Lawmakers Urge Biden Administration to Finalize Climate Risk Disclosure Rule for Federal Contractors
Apr 8, 2024 | 11 min read

Energy & Natural Resources

Our Take
Department of Interior Finalizes Oil and Gas Leasing Rule
May 2, 2024 | 7 min read

Analysis
Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Rule
May 2, 2024 | 29 sec read
Our Take
A Tale of Two States: Federal Oil and Gas Lease Sales in MT and ND
May 1, 2024 | 4 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
Earth Day Reminds Us We Need to be Smart on Climate
Apr 19, 2024 | 7 min read
In The News
Biden Administration Raises Costs to Drill and Mine on Public Lands
Apr 12, 2024 | 9 min read

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Infrastructure

Analysis
Modernizing Federal Highway Funding: State Formulas Need to Catch Up
Apr 17, 2024 | 9 min read

Podcast
BWAF Podcast — Ep. 66: Who Pays When Disaster Strikes
Apr 10, 2024
Weekly Wastebasket
Who Pays When Disaster Strikes?
Apr 5, 2024 | 6 min read
Our Take
Emergency Relief Program – Infrastructure
Apr 5, 2024 | 9 min read
In the News
Baltimore bridge collapse: Why the federal government is paying upfront to fix it
Apr 2, 2024 | 11 min read

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National Security

Our Take
Six Months Later, Congress Passes Supplemental Spending Bill
Apr 24, 2024 | 3 min read

TCS Op-Ed
Defense News: Congress’ Pentagon budget increase is in need of transparency
Apr 22, 2024 | 6 min read
Our Take
Presidential Authority to Close the Border
Apr 18, 2024 | 7 min read
Our Take
F-35s Are Increasingly Unavailable as the Program’s Projected Lifecycle Cost Hits $2 Trillion
Apr 17, 2024 | 5 min read
In the News
Where Congress topped up Biden’s budget
Apr 10, 2024 | 6 min read

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