1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (458+ words) Taxpayers for Common Sense Letter: Fiscal Responsibility Groups Urge Appropriators to Reduce the Pentagon Budget Dear House Appropriations Committee Members, Ahead of the House Appropriations Committee markup of the Defense Appropriations Act, we write to strongly urge you to support…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (250+ words) State's largest auction in more than a decade offers nearly 156, 000 acres of federal land for oil and gas development, leases 134, 000 acres On June 16, the federal government leased 134, 173 acres of public land in Colorado for oil and gas development at the…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (591+ words) Broken Leasing Policies Continue to Fail Taxpayers Colorado is a significant producer of our nation's oil and gas on federal lands. But because federal royalty rates were set below market for most of that period, taxpayers did not receive the…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (456+ words) Cut Off One Authority, Two More Appear The lesson appears to be that modern tariff policy resembles less a carefully constructed legislative framework than a sprawling collection of executive authorities accumulated over decades, waiting to be rediscovered whenever circumstances require....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (671+ words) Taxpayers for Common Sense Congress Just Surrendered Its Spending Powers, Again Bypassing regular order, lawmakers are turning oversight into an afterthought. This week Congress took yet another step toward undercutting its Constitutionally derived power of the purse by securing funding…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (233+ words) On June 9, the federal government leased 114, 439 acres of public land in Wyoming for oil and gas development at the recently reduced federal royalty rate of 12. 5%. The result is an estimated$50. 4 million in lost royalty revenue assuming that these leases have…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago  (17+ words) Taxpayers for Common Sense...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (354+ words) The Honorable Roger Wicker Chairman Senate Committee on Armed Services 425 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member Senate Committee on Armed Services 728 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Mike Rogers Chairman House Committee on…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago  (13+ words) Taxpayers for Common Sense...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago  (890+ words) Taxpayers for Common Sense Congress Do Your Job It's what the Constitution and your constituents compel. Fresh off their Memorial Day recess, lawmakers are set to return to Washington. With a lot of items on Congress's to do list, none…...