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Agriculture

Our Take
Proposed RFS Biofuel Mandates for 2026 and 2027
Jun 23, 2025 | 8 min read

Trump Changes Tune, Refuses to Rein in Runaway Farm Subsidy Costs in FY2026 Budget Request
Jun 23, 2025 | 7 min read
Podcast
BWAF Podcast — Ep. 92: Feeding the World Without Frying the Planet with Michael Grunwald
Jun 23, 2025
Analysis
Senate Agriculture Committee Releases FY25 Reconciliation Bill
Jun 17, 2025 | 35 min read
Statement
TCS Statement on 2026-2027 RFS Biofuels Mandate Proposal
Jun 13, 2025 | 3 min read

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Budget & Tax

Letter
Oppose Fiscally Irresponsible Reconciliation Bill (OBBBA)
Jun 28, 2025 | 26 sec read

Weekly Wastebasket
How Much Does a Budget Baseline Matter?
Jun 27, 2025 | 7 min read
Our Take
Senate Proposes Big Boost for Carbon Capture and Oil and Gas
Jun 26, 2025 | 8 min read
Our Take
Recent GAO Decisions Demonstrate The Limits of Impoundment
Jun 26, 2025 | 8 min read
Our Take
A SALT Shaker for the Tax Code
Jun 24, 2025 | 5 min read

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Disaster

Our Take
When the Forecast Isn’t the Only Storm Brewing
Jun 24, 2025 | 7 min read

Our Take
What is the U.S. Wildland Fire Service?
Jun 13, 2025 | 7 min read
Analysis
President Trump’s FY2026 Forest Service Budget Request
Jun 10, 2025 | 3 min read
Our Take
The Federal Wildland Fire Service
May 22, 2025 | 10 min read
Our Take
House Natural Resources Hearing on Fix Our Forests Act
May 16, 2025 | 6 min read

Energy & Natural Resources

Analysis
Senate Finance Committee Proposal on Energy Tax Provisions
Jun 27, 2025 | 27 min read

Our Take
Administration Seeks to Repeal Roadless Rule Protections
Jun 27, 2025 | 4 min read
Our Take
Senate Proposes Big Boost for Carbon Capture and Oil and Gas
Jun 26, 2025 | 8 min read
Issue Brief
Fair Royalty Rates Raise Revenue for American Taxpayers and Don’t Discourage Oil and Gas Production
Jun 26, 2025 | 2 min read
Our Take
No Industry Interest in Latest Federal Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Nevada
Jun 25, 2025 | 3 min read

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National Security

Our Take
Prolonged War with Iran Would Cost Taxpayers Dearly
Jun 26, 2025 | 13 min read

In The News
Republican Spending Bill Throws $156 Billion at Defense Contractors
Jun 17, 2025 | 2 min read
Our Take
DOE Topline – Cuts Across the Board, Except for Nuclear Weapons
Jun 16, 2025 | 5 min read
In The News
Trump Threatened to Cut Musk’s Contracts. Golden Dome Deserves Worse.
Jun 12, 2025 | 2 min read
Our Take
The Worst Pentagon Budget Process We’ve Ever Seen
Jun 11, 2025 | 17 min read

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Transportation & Infrastructure

Analysis
Funneling Funds Through the Highway Trust Fund
May 29, 2025 | 5 min read

In The News
The highway trust fund isn’t on life support—it’s been dead since 2008
May 22, 2025 | 2 min read
Our Take
Road to Insolvency: Taxpayers Can’t Afford to Bail Out the Highway Trust Fund Forever
Apr 29, 2025 | 6 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
Taxpayers for Common Sense: 2024 Year in Review
Dec 19, 2024 | 7 min read
Our Take
Who Pays When Natural Disaster Strikes?
Nov 21, 2024 | 5 min read

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