Congressman Lou Barletta (R-PA) has pulled his name from the co-sponsorship list of the NAT GAS Act (H.R.1380). We’ve been fighting this bill for nearly a year now, and are excited that Rep. Barletta has become the 20th Congressman to remove his name from the list. Twenty Congressmen removing their names from co-sponsorship of a [...]
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The Employee Rights Act
February 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Americans have long seen America as a land of opportunity – a place where those who work hard can get ahead. The worst economic downturn since the Great Depression has tainted this belief. The reason is not some fundamental change in what it means to be an American, but rather a fundamental policy shift in [...]
New START’s “quid pro quo” Stops
February 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In the waning days of 2010, the Senate ratified President Obama’s New START Treaty. Many Republicans Senators supported the treaty based on a promise from President Obama to modernize America’s remaining nuclear arsenal – it was a typical Washington quid pro quo. Just days before the vote, former energy secretary Spencer Abraham warned: …it is [...]
Heritage Action Statement on Payroll Tax Cut Extension
February 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Heritage Action released the following statement from CEO Michael A. Needham: “We were pleased to learn that House Republicans are standing with hard-working Americans by introducing a plan to extend the payroll tax cut for the rest of the year. Not only will this provide some much needed certainty to our economy, but it will [...]
Cloakroom: Dude Where’s My Car Edition
February 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
House Cloakroom: February 13 – February 17 Analysis: This week the House will take up a reauthorization of the highway bill. This bill is meant to allocate the revenue from the gas tax to fund the various federal highway programs; however, that has become decreasingly the focus of these reauthorizations. The federal gas tax was [...]
