Our Take
TCS Comments at Oklahoma City Listening Session for Proposed Methane Rule
February 18, 2016
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Our Take
The President’s FY2017 Budget - TCS Analysis
TCS staff will be combing through the budget materials and posting our observations and analyses on this page in a continuously updated blog....
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Statements | Energy
New Rule for Venting and Flaring Could Reduce Wasted Gas, Increase Royalty Revenues
New Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed rules to limit gas being vented, flared, and leaked from oil and gas operations on federal lands could save millions in lost royalties....
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Statements | Earmarks & Appropriations
TCS Statement: Review of Federal Coal Program Is Welcome News
The Department of the Interior's new comprehensive review of the federal coal program could help ensure taxpayers get a fair return on public coal resources....
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| Budget & Tax
FY2016 Taxibus - TCS Analysis
Ongoing analysis of the FY2016 Taxibus - the tax extenders and omnibus appropriations package recently released by Congress...
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Event Summary
TCS’ 20th Anniversary
On October 28th, TCS celebrated our 20th anniversary. TCS co-founder Jill Lancelot, who was inducted into the Taxpayers Hall of Fame. She is standing next to TCS Board Chairman Mark Smith. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) received our “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” awards for their leadership on behalf of taxpayers, presented by TCS President, Ryan Alexander....
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| Budget & Tax
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 - TCS Analysis
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 adds $80 billion to discretionary budget authority in Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017, with some questionable offsets....
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Awards | Agriculture
Golden Fleece: Blinders for Blender Pumps
Taxpayers for Common Sense awarded Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack the Golden Fleece Award...
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Our Take
The President’s FY2017 Budget - TCS Analysis
February 08, 2016
Ongoing analysis of President Obama's final budget request for FY 2017 and insight into what it all means for taxpayers.... 
Our Take
TCS Comments at Oklahoma City Listening Session for Proposed Methane Rule
February 18, 2016
Taxpayers for Common Sense Senior Policy Analyst Michael Surrusco spoke today at the second in a series of public meetings being held by the...
Statements
TCS Co-founder Lancelot Remarks on Methane Rule
February 12, 2016
Below are the remarks of Jill Lancelot, co-founder of Taxpayers for Common Sense, from a conference call with New Mexico stakeholders and...
Event Summary
TCS Co-hosts Panel on Fair Return for Publicly-Owned Natural Resources
February 08, 2016
TCS and Project on Government Oversight hosted a panel discussion on how the federal government can better manage resources on federal lands....
Our Take
The National Commission on the Future of the Army
February 03, 2016
The Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act established the National Commission on the Future of the Army. The commissioners are...
Letters & Testimony
TCS Urges Lawmakers to End Ethanol Blender Pump Spending
February 02, 2016
TCS sent the following letter urging Senators to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from spending $100 million on ethanol blender pumps....
Statements
Statement: Proposed Rule for Venting and Flaring
January 22, 2016
On Friday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed new rules to limit the amount of gas being vented, flared, and leaked from oil and gas...
Statements
TCS Applauds Federal Coal Program Review
January 20, 2016
The ad below ran in the print edition of Politico on Wednesday, January 20th....
Statements
TCS Statement: Review of Federal Coal Program Is Welcome News
January 15, 2016
On Friday, the Department of the Interior, the federal agency responsible for managing development of federal lands and waters, announced it...
Our Take
Arch Coal’s Bankruptcy Could Leave Millions in Clean-Up Costs to Taxpayers
January 12, 2016
Arch Coal's $450 million in self-bonded reclamation costs could fall onto taxpayers' backs now that the company has declared bankruptcy....
TCS appearances in the media
A War Budget, Off-Budget
February 18, 2016 | A War Budget, Off-Budget
Last Tuesday was the day the Obama administration submitted its last budget request to Congress. The budget again included both the "base"...
American Electoral - Doom With A View
February 15, 2016 | The Huffington Post
JACK HITT: “You are not going to believe this,” Jimmy Carroll said, hustling us down the beach on the Isle of Palms, right outside Charleston....
State Cool on Relief of Oxbow Royalties
February 14, 2016 | The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, CO)
Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration is hesitating to support a proposed retroactive reduction in the federal royalty rate at the Elk Creek...
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Reports & Data
TCS Yearly Budget Request Analyses
February 05, 2016
Links to TCS' yearly rolling analysis of the President's budget requests for the years 2011-2016...
Fact Sheets
Royalty Rate Reductions on Federal Coal Leases: 1990-2013
November 18, 2015
BLM has reduced the royalty rates on federal coal leases frequently during the last 25 years....
Fact Sheets
Coal Bonding: Time to Revisit Self-Bonding Requirements
November 09, 2015
For centuries, coal producers in the U.S. regularly abandoned their mines when on-site operations ended, leaving tens of thousands of...
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