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Budget Request Supersizes Munitions Procurement, Undercutting Case for War Supplemental
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (251+ words) The Pentagon is trying to double dip, but taxpayers deserve a clean budget process. This article is part of our President's FY2027 Budget Request Coverage. Visit our Rolling Analysis Page for more. In the President's Budget Request, the Pentagon is seeking…...
Tariff Whack-a-Mole: New Authority, Same Problem
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (423+ words) Trump replaces one legally shaky tariff with another'hoping for a different result this time. Days after the Supreme Court struck down the administration's emergency tariffs, President Trump rolled out a new set'this time under Section 122. The legal hook is different,…...
Manure biogas a clear winner in clean energy tax credit
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (143+ words) Taxpayers for Common Sense Manure biogas a clear winner in clean energy tax credit The details of a clean energy tax credit continue to take shape at the Treasury Department, which recently took public comment on proposed regulations. This article…...
EPA Finalizes Changes to Methane Rule, Extending Exemptions & Increasing Wasted Gas
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (213+ words) Changes Benefit Industry and Cost American Taxpayers On April 6, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized changes to its 2024 methane rule that expand exemptions, reduce monitoring requirements, and may increase emissions. These changes are in response to petitions submitted by the…...
TCS Comments on 45 Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (34+ words) Taxpayers for Common Sense Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service regarding implementation of the Clean Fuel Production Credit (Section 45 Z)....
White House seeks $17. 5 billion for Golden Dome, but most funding hinges on reconciliation
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (244+ words) Golden Dome is the epitome of taxpayer waste " expensive, unviable, and strategically counterproductive. From the beginning, the president has sold Golden White House seeks $17. 5 billion for Golden Dome, but most funding hinges on reconciliation "The president has sold Golden Dome…...
Golden Dome Budget Request Is Higher Than It Seems
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (316+ words) Is that pie in the sky, or are those space-based interceptors? According to the Pentagon, they're still on track to deliver Golden Dome, but it won't be impenetrable" In the budget request, the Pentagon is tempering expectations: The goal is…...
President Trump's FY2027 Forest Service Budget Request
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (11+ words) Taxpayers for Common Sense...
White House requests $1. 5 trillion defense budget
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (180+ words) Taxpayers for Common Sense White House requests $1. 5 trillion defense budget The proposal banks on Republicans" risky reconciliation gambit This article by Stavroula Pabst first appeared in Responsible Statecraft on April 3, 2026 Today the White House unveiled its much anticipated yet highly…...
Fiscal Responsibility, Reimagined
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (326+ words) Behind the "paradigm shift" is the same old deficit story There's a certain swagger to the FY2027 budget request. You have to give it that. It opens with the kind of language reserved for a turning point: a "historic paradigm shift,…...