Surprise, surpise! It will be yet another hyper-political week in Washington. While the House tackles the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), they will also take up a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The Senate is expected to consider the Cantor-Hoyer expansion of the Export-Import Bank (key vote: no) and take up [...]
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Driving the Week: More Government Handouts
May 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As Congress returns from recess, students and corporations that export products will again be in the spotlight, as bills to subsidize each will come to the floor. For students, the Senate will take up its version of the student loan interest rate bill, and for the corporations, the House will vote on the reauthorization of [...]
Driving the Week: 3 Important Key Votes
April 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This week, the Senate is expected to (finally) take up 3 bills which Heritage Action has key voted: the Postal Bailout Reform bill, the so-called Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and the Snap Elections Resolution of Disapproval. The postal bailout and VAWA need to be taken down, but the Senate should support the Resolution of [...]
Driving the Week: It’s Tax Time…Again
April 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As Americans across the country finish filing their taxes this week, Congress will be returning from recess and conducting votes on just that subject. The House will vote on the Small Business Tax Cut Act (H.R.9), a temporary tax cut geared toward, you guessed it, small businesses. This particular cut would provide small businesses with [...]
Driving the Week Recap: The Buffett Rule Crumbles
April 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
We knew that the Buffett Rule was nothing more than a gimmick devised by President Obama and his political allies in order to win votes from those who listened to his rhetoric, but disregarded the facts. President Obama himself admitted it was gimmick that would do nothing to solve our deficit problem: “There are others [...]
