Weekly Wastebasket
Weekly Wastebasket
Weekly Wastebasket
Weekly Wastebasket
In The News
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“The budget process established in 1974 and reinforced by rules and precedents since then was intended to allow a simple majority to pass a budget as long as the contents of a budget measure were limited to budget-related spending and tax provisions…Playing partisan games with the budget process to set aside the 10-year budget period or use it for nonbudget purposes is contrary to the plain language of the Budget Act and the Byrd rules adopted by the Senate…It is a precedent that will get repeated over and over again.”
— Steve Smith, professor of politics at Arizona State University, on the use of gimmicks in budget reconciliation and bypassing the filibuster.
Our Take
Transportation & Infrastructure
Transportation & Infrastructure
Taxpayers for Common Sense opposes projects where the national benefit doesn’t outweigh the cost and advocates for a fix-it-first approach. We work to shift more of the financial costs and risks off federal taxpayers and onto the actual project beneficiaries themselves.