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Agriculture

Our Take
Biofuel Producers Win Big in House Reconciliation Bill
May 30, 2025 | 3 min read

Weekly Wastebasket
Reconnoitering Budget Reconciliation
May 23, 2025 | 9 min read
Fact Sheet
Section 40A: Biodiesel Tax Credit
May 19, 2025 | 8 min read
Analysis
House Agriculture Committee FY25 Reconciliation Bill
May 14, 2025 | 22 min read
Statements
Statement on House Agriculture Draft Reconciliation Text
May 13, 2025 | 3 min read

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Budget & Tax

Our Take
Billion-Dollar Boost for Nuclear in House’s Big Beautiful Bill
Jun 4, 2025 | 7 min read

Our Take
A Concept of a Pentagon Budget Request
Jun 3, 2025 | 4 min read
Statement
TCS President Steve Ellis Statement on the Partial Release of the FY2026 Budget
Jun 3, 2025 | 2 min read
Our Take
Closing the Gap: Fixing the Earned Income Tax Credit
Jun 2, 2025 | 6 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
Wasteful New Personnel Policy Looms
May 30, 2025 | 6 min read

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Disaster

Our Take
The Federal Wildland Fire Service
May 22, 2025 | 10 min read

Letter
Letter to Senate Ag Committee on Fix Our Forests Act
May 6, 2025 | 8 min read
Fact Sheet
Taxpayer Costs of Methane Emissions
May 1, 2025 | 51 sec read
Our Take
Wildfire Funding in Full Year Continuing Resolution
Apr 11, 2025 | 3 min read
Our Take
Bringing Common Sense Back to Federal Emergency Management
Mar 26, 2025 | 11 min read

Energy & Natural Resources

Our Take
Billion-Dollar Boost for Nuclear in House’s Big Beautiful Bill
Jun 4, 2025 | 7 min read

Our Take
Low Interest in Utah Oil and Gas Sale: Interior Leases Just 4 Percent of Available Acreage
Jun 3, 2025 | 8 min read
Our Take
Reconciliation Boons for Outdated, Uneconomic Coal Leasing is a Costly Mistake
Jun 2, 2025 | 6 min read
Our Take
Biofuel Producers Win Big in House Reconciliation Bill
May 30, 2025 | 3 min read
Our Take
House Approves Repeal of Methane Emissions Reduction Program
May 29, 2025 | 4 min read

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National Security

Our Take
A Concept of a Pentagon Budget Request
Jun 3, 2025 | 4 min read

In The News
Pouring Funds Into Untested Weapons Is A Recipe For Failure
May 31, 2025 | 2 min read
Our Take
Key Pentagon Testing Office Faces Deep Cuts
May 30, 2025 | 6 min read
Op-Ed
Time for a new round of base closures
May 28, 2025 | 2 min read
Podcast
BWAF Podcast — Ep. 89: Base Instincts – The Case for Military Base Closures
May 28, 2025 | 50 min read

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Transportation & Infrastructure

Analysis
Funneling Funds Through the Highway Trust Fund
May 29, 2025 | 5 min read

In The News
The highway trust fund isn’t on life support—it’s been dead since 2008
May 22, 2025 | 2 min read
Our Take
Road to Insolvency: Taxpayers Can’t Afford to Bail Out the Highway Trust Fund Forever
Apr 29, 2025 | 6 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
Taxpayers for Common Sense: 2024 Year in Review
Dec 19, 2024 | 7 min read
Our Take
Who Pays When Natural Disaster Strikes?
Nov 21, 2024 | 5 min read

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