Budget Watchdog AF takes a field trip to the corn and soybean fields of northeastern Nebraska in search of common sense on the Farm Bill.  Taxpayers for Common Sense Senior Policy Analysts Sheila Korth and Josh Sewell introduce us to the current generations of the Kinkaid family farming this land since the 1940s.  Hit play and hear what these farmers think about farm subsidies.  It will suprise you. 

What’s to be expected as lawmakers in the 118th Congress work to enact the dozen spending bills that fund government before the October 1st start of fiscal year 2024? What about the expiring Farm Bill? Possible cuts to defense spending? Hit play for the Taxpayers Guide to the 118th Congress with host Steve Ellis and TCS Senior Policy Analysts Wendy Jordan and Josh Sewell.

Host Steve Ellis is joined by the entire TCS budget watchdog pack for this 2022 year-in-review episode.  

Congress has until December 16th to enact a final FY-23 spending bill, pass another CR, or risk a partial government shutdown. Find out what’s at stake and the budget implications for taxpayers involved in the choice between omnibus and long-term CR.
TCS Senior Policy Analysts Joshua Sewell and Wendy Jordan join host Steve Ellis for a conversation about the serious consequences that missing deadlines can have on policy priorities.
 

While most of the country focused on the elections, one of the most important and widely underappreciated documents to emerge from any White House was released, the 2022 National Security Strategy.  Join Steve Ellis and TCS National Security Expert Wendy Jordan for a budget watchdog’s take on President Biden's national security vision.

There is nothing in politics as clarifying as an election.  And as the biggest, baddest, budget watchdog podcast on the block, it’s our job to help you see the clearest picture possible of what’s about to go down on Capitol Hill.  What’s still on the legislative table? What deals might be made?  What hijinx can we expect?  And of course, what might it mean for taxpayers? Joining Steve Ellis to answer every question and shine the light in all the right corners are TCS Vice President Autumn Hanna and TCS Senior Policy Analyst Josh Sewell.

The most spooky and creative of holidays reveals a core truth about this podcast, and Taxpayers for Common Sense itself:  budget watchdog’in is a team sport. It takes energy and precision and real doggedness to run with our pack… and so today the whole gang is here. Happy Halloween Listening... if you dare.

The budget deficit for 2022 was $1.4 trillion. That’s half of the $2.8 trillion it was in 2021. In this episode, TCS President Steve Ellis and Senior Policy Analyst Josh Sewell break down the Congressional Budget Office Report on the FY22 Federal Budget Deficit - what it means, what isn’t in it, and what is looming. 

The inability of Congress to fund the government on time without drama is not one-sided. And here we are again!  TCS Vice President, Autumn Hanna, and TCS Senior Policy Analyst Josh Sewell, join show host Steve Ellis to explain the bipartisan affliction known as the Continuing Resolution and why curing it requires a bipartisan solution.

The curious and potentially catastrophic case of your tax dollars being lit on fire. Oil and gas companies waste billions of cubic feet of natural gas extracted from federal lands, royalty-free, every year by just venting it or burning it off. Hit play for the facts about how methane waste on federal lands is causing economic damage to all taxpayers – and the climate.  Host Steve Ellis is joined by TCS Vice President, Autumn Hanna; Mia Huang, TCS Research and Data Analyst; and Tyler Work, TCS Development and Research Associate.