On Thursday, Congress successfully passed a bill that runs over 2000 pages in length and $1.3 trillion in costs. Weeks of deliberation amongst leadership-only accompanied with numerous delays led … READ MORE
Congress Chooses Sports Team Owners Over Minor Leaguers and Taxpayers
The fate of two sports related provisions in Congress over the last three months tells a stark story of where our leaders' priorities lie. In an extremely random and unpopular … READ MORE
Take This Quiz and You’ll Know More About the Omnibus Than Your Congressman!
Congress is about to vote on a massive bill that packages what is supposed to be 12 separate spending bills into one giant spending bill called an Omnibus. Our entire … READ MORE
DC Metro Starts Selling Cufflinks, Halloween Costumes, Needs $15.5 Billion in Taxpayer Funding
Last week, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) opened a "pop-up" shop in Downtown Washington, DC. Known as The M Shop in Metro Center, it is complete with metro … READ MORE
130 Million Years’ Worth of Your Taxes Is About to Be Spent
By week’s end, Congress will likely dole out 1,300,000,000,000 dollars in a massive thousand-plus page spending bill. That is $1.3 trillion. That is the equivalent of 130 million … READ MORE
Prioritizing Productivity in Prison Reform
During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump declared that the administration will, “Help former inmates who have served their time get a second chance.” This month, the … READ MORE
In the Digital Age, Sunshine Week Should Never End
Common Sense 2.0 is a series by former Senator Tom Coburn that will look at modern issues through a first principles lens. This week marks Sunshine Week, a time to celebrate … READ MORE
Senator Sets Sights On Tax Loopholes, Transparency
As we head into the final day of voting in the Tournament of Government Waste, it is important to highlight waste in the recently “reformed” tax code. Last year, Republicans … READ MORE