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Past Recipients of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Award
2010: Senator Clare McCaskill (D-MO) and Rep. Jeff Flake (R-CA)2005: Senator John Sununu (R-NH)2004: Representatives Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Robert Andrews(D-NJ)2003: Senator Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL)2001: Senator John McCain(R-AZ) and Senator Carl…
TCS president Ryan Alexander on the 2012 election results
Taxpayers for Common Sense is an independent voice for taxpayers working to increase transparency and expose and eliminate wasteful and corrupt subsidies, earmarks, and corporate welfare. Learn More Support Us…
Sheldon Adelson’s anti-cancer campaign
As casino mogul Sheldon Adelson buoyed Republican politicians with unprecedented riches, he quietly funded warfare on a decidedly apolitical enemy: cancer. Adelson and his wife personally fueled their little-known private foundation — The Dr.…
Evolution of Earmarks
A number of the reforms Taxpayers for Common Sense advocated for years came to fruition in 2010 as continued public focus on earmarking led to many positive developments: March 10,…
Remarks by TCS President Ryan Alexander on Fiscal Cliff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2012 CONTACT: Steve Ellis 202-546-8500 x126 Prepared Remarks of TCS president Ryan Alexander for Tele-Press Conference on the 2012 Elections, the “Fiscal Cliff,”…
Benghazi debate sparks little formal lobbying
Benghazi is a non-starter for professional lobbyists. Despite this week’s politicized fray on Capitol Hill, just two organizations have specifically lobbied the federal government about the Libyan city in the…
DOD Acquisition Reforms: Spending Money is Hard!
“It turns out acquisition reform is hard,” said Undersecretary of Defense Frank Kendall at yesterday’s rollout of the Defense Department’s upgraded contracting reforms. You can say that again. The second…
The Department of Everything
We love to remind people that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is the world’s largest bureaucracy, employing more than the world’s largest corporation and centered around the world’s largest…
Preserve NNSA Cost Controls in Defense Authorization Bill
Download: Preserve Cost Controls letter Preserve Cost-Controlling Provisions in National Defense Authorization Act Nov. 28, 2012 Dear Armed Services Committee Member: On behalf of our combined memberships,…
Negative ad blitz can’t stop Mark Sanford in S.C.
In a district much more Republican than average, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford tonight survived an onslaught from allies of Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of comedian Stephen…
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