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Agriculture

Letter
Joint Letter: Accept Public Comments on Changes to 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit
Aug 4, 2025 | 2 min read

Our Take
Lawmakers Propose a Tariff-Funded Slush Fund
Aug 1, 2025 | 7 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
The One Big Budget Bill Hangover
Jul 25, 2025 | 7 min read
Analysis
Winners and Losers in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Jul 25, 2025 | 35 min read
Our Take
Biofuels Secure Billions in One Big Beautiful Bill
Jul 23, 2025 | 5 min read

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Budget & Tax

Our Take
Latest Round of Impoundment Decisions Shows the Importance of the GAO
Aug 6, 2025 | 10 min read

Podcast
BWAF Podcast — Ep. 95: Rule by Tariff: When Trade Policy Meets Wishful Thinking Economics
Aug 4, 2025
Weekly Wastebasket
Trade Tariff Delusions
Aug 1, 2025 | 7 min read
Our Take
Rebuilding FEMA Without Repeating the Past
Aug 1, 2025 | 6 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
The One Big Budget Bill Hangover
Jul 25, 2025 | 7 min read

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Disaster

Issue Brief
Wildfires in California – Zooming in on the Wildland Urban Interface
Aug 1, 2025 | 3 min read

Our Take
Rebuilding FEMA Without Repeating the Past
Aug 1, 2025 | 6 min read
Our Take
Still Waiting on the Storm
Jul 30, 2025 | 7 min read
Our Take
Reigniting the 10 A.M. Mistake
Jul 25, 2025 | 5 min read
Podcast
BWAF Podcast — Ep. 94: Who Pays When Disaster Strikes, Now?
Jul 25, 2025

Energy & Natural Resources

Our Take
Delay of Rule to Curb Methane Waste Costs Taxpayers and Communities
Aug 6, 2025 | 6 min read

Letter
Joint Letter: Accept Public Comments on Changes to 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit
Aug 4, 2025 | 2 min read
Issue Brief
Wildfires in California – Zooming in on the Wildland Urban Interface
Aug 1, 2025 | 3 min read
In The News
Letter to the editor: Roadless rules protect best elk habitat
Jul 31, 2025 | 2 min read
Statement
Taxpayers for Common Sense Statement on Delay of EPA Methane Waste Rule
Jul 29, 2025 | 4 min read

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National Security

Op-Ed
‘Fund first, ask questions later’ is a bad way to go
Jul 31, 2025 | 47 sec read

Weekly Wastebasket
The One Big Budget Bill Hangover
Jul 25, 2025 | 7 min read
Analysis
Winners and Losers in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Jul 25, 2025 | 35 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
Roses and Thorns in the National Defense Authorization Act
Jul 17, 2025 | 9 min read
Letter
Letter: Support the Bipartisan Nunn-McCurdy Reform Act
Jul 14, 2025 | 19 sec 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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