Terms and conditions for downloading the Database of Earmarks

Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) staff and interns devote thousands of hours to researching, reconciling, and double-checking every earmark identified by Congress and every spending item that meets our definition of an earmark.  TCS defines earmarks as legislative provisions that set aside funds within an account for a specific program, project, activity, institution, or location. These measures normally circumvent merit-based or competitive allocation processes and appear in spending, authorization, tax, and tariff bills.

To access these downloadable databases and other earmark resources, we ask that you agree to our Terms of Service.

***TCS will never sell, share, or distribute the information you provide for any reason.***
   
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Terms of Data Use:
All users of a research product or database produced by Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) agree to the following terms of data use:
  • Information provided by TCS in whatever form is meant for research, educational, or journalistic purposes only
  • TCS Data shall not be used for commercial purposes, to solicit contributions, or sold to third-parties
  • Appropriate credit will be given to TCS for all reports, articles, mashups, or other use of our data, including a link back to our website for all items published on the web
  • Users who download TCS databases will provide TCS with their name and a valid email address. TCS will keep all information private and will not sell, rent, or otherwise distribute these names without express permission from the users. TCS agrees only to contact database users with database-specific follow-up communications.
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