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    Burning Bridges to Nowhere

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    TCS Applauds the Elimination of the Alaska Bridges to Nowhere

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    How a Spending Cut Became an Increase

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    TCS Statement on Senate Farm Subsidy Vote

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    Big Oil Blowout

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    Oppose OCS, Shale Provisions in Budget Reconciliation; Support the Udall Amendment to Strike Public Land Giveaways

    Oct 25, 2005 | 4 min read
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    The Spineless Senate

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    Bechtel Bonanza

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    Cashing in on Katrina

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    An Open Letter to the Senate Agriculture Committee: Support Subsidy Reform

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