• Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) is a nonpartisan federal budget watchdog organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. TCS is a 501(c)(3)...
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    Taxpayers Against Earmarks that classified every Member of Congress as either a spending "hero" or "hooligan." Along with Taxpayers for Common Sense and...
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    and the National Wildlife Federation, taxpayer groups like Taxpayers for Common Sense and the National Taxpayers Union, and insurance companies Allianz...
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  • throne. In 2009, the non-profit government watchdog organization Taxpayers for Common Sense reported "by our count there are at least 31 active Czars, giving...
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    to challenge tax legislation TaxPayers' Alliance, UK pressure group Taxpayers for Common Sense, US pressure group Taxpayer (building), small commercial...
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    Retrieved 17 November 2010. $315 million bridge to nowhere (PDF). Taxpayers for Common Sense. February 9, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on October...
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    Retrieved March 7, 2018. Taxpayers for Common Sense "7.7 Billion in Earmarks in 2009 Omnibus Spending Bill" http://www.taxpayer.net/resources.php...
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  • up TCS in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. TCS may refer to: Taxpayers for Common Sense, a US nonpartisan federal budget watchdog organization TCS (logistics...
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    activities for Dickstein Shapiro. The arrangement was criticized as "really concerning" by Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, because...
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    pork barrel spending at taxpayers' expense and The New York Times quoted Keith Ashdown, spokesman for the Taxpayers for Common Sense: "It's a gold-plated...
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  • (PDF). docquery.fec.gov. 26 July 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2020. "Taxpayers for Common Sense: Defense Earmarks Abound in Nevada". The Hill. 2 April 2007. Retrieved...
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    patterned their own "Golden Fleece Awards" after Proxmire's. Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan federal budget watchdog organization, gave Proxmire...
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    Bobby Jindal (category Manhattan Institute for Policy Research)
    Earmarks in FY08 Appropriations Bills, by Earmarks Received". Taxpayers for Common Sense. Archived from the original (MS Excel) on November 27, 2008. "Bobby...
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    data from the House of Representatives and from watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense. These findings won Allen the National Press Club's Sandy Hume...
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    Paul Ryan (category Manhattan Institute for Policy Research)
    representatives. Taxpayers for Common Sense records show no earmarks supported by Ryan for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. In 2012, Ryan supported a request for $3.8...
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    Northeastern State University, Muskogee, OK 2000 Award to Mike Synar by Taxpayers For Common Sense Article on 1994 Synar primary loss Bowsher vs Synar (1986) American...
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    (TIFIA) Loan Program: Program Expansion Must Not Erode Taxpayer Protections". Taxpayers for Common Sense. 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2016-11-23. 2016 TIFIA Report...
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  • 29, 2024). "'The Other Project 2025': The Lesser-Known Blueprint for Trump 2.0". Common Dreams. Archived from the original on September 1, 2024. Retrieved...
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    from the original on June 7, 2008. Retrieved December 6, 2007. Taxpayers for Common Sense (June 2, 2004). "Road to Ruin" (PDF). Retrieved December 6, 2007...
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    Huffington's endorsement came three months after a press release by Taxpayers for Common Sense, titled "Bring Back the Truman Committee," in which Truman's record...
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  • Allen - Cruse, Scott, Henderson & Allen, LLP Keith Ashdown - Taxpayers for Common Sense Ralph Peters - Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Bunnatine Greenhouse -...
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    Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users – "Bridge to Nowhere" "$315 Million Bridge to Nowhere" (PDF). Taxpayers for Common Sense. August 22, 2005. Archived...
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    asp FAA Airport Form 5010 for KTN PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective September 7, 2023. Taxpayers for Common Sense (August 22, 2005). "$315...
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  • vulnerable coastal areas and floodplains." Stephen Ellis, of the group Taxpayers for Common Sense, points to "properties that flooded 17 or 18 times that were still...
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    Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Program". Taxpayers for Common Sense. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016....
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    in Levy v. McCartee: "It is too plain for argument that the common law is here spoken of, in its appropriate sense, as the unwritten law of the land, independent...
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    Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The League of Conservation Voters usually gave Rangel around a 90 rating. Taxpayers for Common Sense gave...
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  • one of them." In October 2007, the Sunlight Foundation joined Taxpayers for Common Sense to launch EarmarkWatch.org, a project that asked citizens to research...
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    2014. Retrieved June 21, 2013. "Final Days of Don Young's Way?". Taxpayers for Common Sense. June 9, 2008. Retrieved June 21, 2013. Alaska Gov. Walker Proposes...
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  • a basis for public debate going forward. The group comprised Taxpayers for Common Sense, the Project On Government Oversight, the Sunlight Foundation...
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